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A new view inside a Home Depot in Southwest Miami-Dade Home Depot shows what police described as a creepy crime involving a 60-year-old man and a 10-year-old girl that landed the man in jail. Officers arrested Kevin Hurley, a registered sex offender on probation, after he repeatedly made contact with the child inside the store and then followed her as she walked out to her car. Surveillance video captured on July 4 at the Home Depot located off the Turnpike near U.S.

Miami police are investigating a stabbing incident. It happened just before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday along the 100 block of Northeast 54th Street in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood. According to authorities, responding officers arrived at the scene to find an injured man. Miami Fire Rescue crews rushed the man to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Police said they are working to locate the person responsible for the stabbing. There has been no update on the victim’s health status. Personalized

Multiple people were stabbed in a Hialeah home, leading to the death of a woman and a fatal police-involved shooting that killed the attacker. According to Hialeah Police, the incident happened Wednesday, just before 4:30 a.m., near the 4200 block of West Fifth Court. Police were called to a domestic disturbance amid reports of multiple people stabbed, including two adults and one juvenile. When officers arrived, they were met by a victim outside the home suffering from a stab wound.

Photo: Marion County Fire Rescue Marion County firefighters responded to a mobile home in Silver Springs early Wednesday morning after flames were spotted underneath the residence. At around 1:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Marion County Fire Rescue units were dispatched to a mobile home located in the 16500 block of NE 58th Street in Silver Springs. According to MCFR, a 911 caller had reported that flames were spreading underneath the home. Shortly before 1:50 a.m., the first MCFR unit arrived on

Three Florida residents have been arrested in connection to an acid attack on a New Jersey woman, authorities said. Investigators believe 38-year-old Betty Jo Lane and 39-year-old Jmarr McNeil were hired to do this by William DiBernardino. DiBernardino, who previously had a relationship with the victim, is from Boynton Beach. The victim reportedly suffered chemical burns on more than 35 percent of her body after Lane and McNeil poured acid on her in a parking lot. All three suspects were

Photo by:  Citrus County Sheriff’s Office Deputies in Citrus County seized more than a dozen dogs and cats, removed two children, and arrested a mother and daughter who they say were living in ‘inhumane’ and ‘unfit’ conditions.  On Monday, Melissa Dawn Heward, 42, of Homosassa, and her daughter, Samantha Lynn Heward, 21, of Homosassa, were arrested on several animal cruelty charges. According to the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office, animal control officers have gone to a home on West Akazian Lane in Homosassa

A 61-year-old Pensacola man is dead after a pickup truck crashed with a bicyclist Wednesday afternoon in Escambia County. It happened around 1:15 p.m. at the intersection of W Jordan Street and N Pace Blvd. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the crash occurred between an 83-year-old Pensacola man in a pickup truck and the 61-year-old bicyclist. The bicyclist was pronounced dead on scene. No further details were released. The crash is currently under investigation by the Traffic Homicide Unit of

A fight over loud music turned aggressive along Amber Avenue in North Fort Myers Monday and has a neighbor fighting for his eyesight. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said Donald Otto was arrested and charged with battery and burglary for this incident. Anthony Orsini said John Thacker, who he calls Bo, asked him to come over and set up his speaker, to drown out their neighbor’s music. That’s when Orsini said Otto started swinging. “Seen him on the floor, he

Police arrested a man on a felony charge Tuesday after they said he was responsible for polluting the soil with lead and other contaminants through his work at a metal recycling business in Opa-locka. Authorities said some of the samples they tested were from liquid trickling into a canal that drains into Biscayne Bay. According to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Police Department, illegal dumping unit officers and Miami-Dade Department of Environmental Resources Management staff first conducted a joint

Deputies with the Broward Sheriff’s Office identified a man Wednesday who they said was killed during a shooting that occurred early Saturday morning in Dania Beach. According to Gerdy St. Louis, a BSO spokeswoman, deputies learned about the shooting at about 4:50 a.m. and found Robert Lee Speights, whose age was not disclosed due to Marsy’s Law, dead at the scene after he sustained multiple gunshot wounds near the 700 block of Southwest 10th Street. A Local 10 News crew arrived at

A Florida City woman was arrested Tuesday after police said she struck her 16-year-old son with a broomstick, causing a serious injury to his wrist. According to her arrest report, Shernice Gibbs, 42, got into an argument with her son while he was getting ready for school about his pants being too big. Florida City police said the argument escalated and Gibbs grabbed a broomstick and struck the teen on his left wrist, causing a deep laceration. Police said his

A 63-year-old man has been accused of brandishing a gun at two people while driving and exiting his car to assault them during a road rage fit. Port St. Lucie Police say Tuesday at approximately 4:30 PM they had responded to Southwest Briarwood Drive near St. Lucie West Centennial High School regarding a road rage incident. PSLPD discovered through an investigation that Paul Slane drove his black Mercedes aggressively around a truck while pointing a handgun at the driver and