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Eleven workers were arrested Tuesday after an operation was conducted at multiple suspected illicit massage businesses in Collier County. Inspectors with the Department of Health assisted in the operation, and all 10 businesses reportedly failed inspections. The DOH opened 20 legal cases and issued four cease-and-desist orders; two orders are pending. These cases could result in the suspension or removal of the business licenses, the manager’s licenses or the individual therapist’s licenses. According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, the

Photo by: winknews The crash stopped traffic for hours along Santa Barbara Boulevard and Mid Cape Terrace, leaving southbound lanes closed as crews worked the scene. Cape Coral Police Department said the crash involved a US Mail Carrier box truck and a bicyclist. The CCPD confirmed that the pedestrian who died was a minor. Joey Milligan, who works at the Tropical Breeze Fun Park nearby, says some putt-putt golfers heard it all. “We had one three-person group here at the time

A man from Lake Worth was arrested on animal cruelty charges on Tuesday. According to a report from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, on April 14, the mother of the suspect, Philip W. Brown, contacted law enforcement in reference to dead birds. When the mother returned home, she discovered two of her six parakeets dead, lying in the grass in the front yard. According to the report, Brown told a deputy that he “took out the birds” because they

Gainesville Police Department (GPD) officers say they have arrested the man suspected of breaking into college-age women’s apartments and exposing himself near the University of Florida’s campus. Troy Baker Robinson, 36, from Atlanta, faces charges of burglary, false imprisonment and attempted sexual battery for two separate incidents that occurred in student residential areas after he was arrested Tuesday. According to GPD, the first incident occurred in the Midtown area around 2 a.m. Tuesday when Robinson entered a woman’s apartment on

A 51-year-old man is now behind bars after police say he shot a Domino’s delivery driver in Miami Tuesday night during an incident that allegedly stemmed from a language barrier. According to an arrest report from the Miami Police Department, Aaron Wallace Ford is facing one count each of aggravated battery with a firearm causing bodily harm, illegal possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and providing false identification after arrest. Miami police responded to a shooting around 11

A woman was killed as she was crossing the street in Deltona on Tuesday night, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.  The incident happened at around 9:30 p.m. at the intersection of Howland Boulevard and Lake Helen Osteen Road in Deltona.  The woman, whose identity has not yet been released, was trying to cross the street when she was hit by an SUV, deputies said. She was pronounced dead on the scene by Deltona Fire Rescue.  The sheriff’s office said

A man was arrested in Cocoa Beach after he allegedly stabbed another man who was waiting for an Uber, police said.  On July 28, deputies responded to the Dirty Oar Beer Company after a man had been stabbed several times. The man had been eating out with his family and was attempting to order an Uber in Cocoa Village when Jeremy Moore became verbally aggressive, an affidavit shows.  Moore reportedly attacked the man from behind, stabbing him in his neck and back.

Photo by: PSLPD Police provided an update on the three dogs who were left for dead in a wooded area in Port St. Lucie. The Port St. Lucie Police Department (PSLPD) said four dogs were abandoned on July 10 at a spot along Northwest FPL Drive. After the dogs were dumped, police noted in the video the dogs chased after the SUV that left them. By the time help got to the dogs, one of the pups had already died.