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Photo by: Fox35Orlando  Officers, fire, and EMS were dispatched to the area of N. Dixie Freeway (U.S. Highway 1) and Skyline Drive at 8:35 p.m. on Wednesday in response to a serious crash involving a vehicle and at least one motorcycle. According to a spokesperson for the New Smyrna Beach Police Department, the vehicle caught fire following the crash. Tragically, three people were confirmed deceased. Their identities have not yet been determined, and their next of kin have not been

Photo by: Florida Highway Patrol. A St. Petersburg man was driving southbound on I-275 in a Tesla at a “high rate of speed” when he lost control and was thrown into the Gulf of Mexico, according to Florida Highway Patrol. FHP said the 25-year-old man left the roadway, entered the shoulder, hit a drainage pond and flipped into the mangroves. The driver, who was not buckled up, was thrown into the water. A passing boater picked him up out of

A family is now suing a South Tampa apartment complex after their three-year-old daughter fell out of a window and died. Their attorney claims the apartment complex told tenants to open their windows to prevent mold despite the lack of safety protection. “She was just such a happy girl. She loved everyone. She was very sociable. She loved animals,” Amy Daugherty, shared. At just three years old, Riley Jean’s parents describe her as a bold burst of energy and full

Photo by: wfla A joint investigation by the St. Petersburg Police Department and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in connection to drugs and a dog fighting ring netted at least 11 arrests. “Operation Pedigree” stemmed from a narcotics investigation in November 2023, St. Pete Police Chief Anthony Holloway said in a news conference Tuesday. Officials said the operation resulted in “multiple arrests and the seizure of drugs, guns, money and dogs.” Detectives discovered in April that a “known fentanyl

Deputies arrested a central Broward man Tuesday after they said he chained a border collie to a vehicle and bound it with duct tape because it, among other things, barked too loudly. Authorities said Jose Humberto Arana Ramos, 74, left the dog in that state for about an hour with no food or water available outside of his apartment in the unincorporated Broadview Park area. “He just got frustrated, you know?” Ramos’ daughter told Local 10 News’ Samiar Nefzi. “I’m

Photo by: Fox35Orlando Indian Shores police and the FWC are seeking help to identify a man seen on video running over a protected shorebird on an electric scooter. It happened last Friday evening near a known colony just south of the Redington Shores Public Beach Access Point. Bob Truesdell, a four-year Audubon Florida volunteer Bird Steward and local photographer, recorded the tragedy as it took place. “This guy came through one time, and I missed him because I didn’t have my camera

A driver was arrested after officials said he was driving under the influence, leading to a crash in Tampa early Wednesday morning. The Florida Highway Patrol said Bryan Degante, 29, was speeding north on I-275 around 3:18 a.m. Degante then rear-ended another vehicle traveling ahead of him, causing it to collide into the right guardrail before coming to a rest along the right shoulder. The collision caused Degante’s vehicle to be redirected to the left, where it crashed into a

A dog owner wants answers after her beloved dog was shot and killed outside her home Tuesday afternoon. Fort Lauderdale Police responded to a reported shooting involving a dog in the area of 1200 block of NW 9th Street just after 5:15 p.m. Tuesday. The dog owner, Denise Sims, said she couldn’t find her dog, Pup Pup, and went outside to look for her. That’s when she found her 15-year-old Yorkie mix lying underneath a tree on her neighbor’s lawn

A high-speed chase ended in a crash at a DeLand business in the middle of the day on Wednesday, with the driver being arrested just minutes after the pursuit concluded. The suspect, identified as Patrick Gordon, has about a dozen previous felony convictions and an outstanding drug-trafficking warrant, according to law enforcement.  “Well, that’s the most exciting event I’ve ever had,” said Clint Hulslander, who witnessed the chase’s conclusion. The chase began when Florida Highway Patrol troopers clocked Gordon allegedly

 A local attorney was injured in a hit-and-run crash earlier this month in Pinellas County. John Trevena is a criminal defense attorney in Tampa Bay. He has tried high-profile cases over the years. “Having defended so many of those cases over the years, it’s odd now to be the victim instead of representing the defendant, but I certainly understand the victim’s position in these cases,” he said. Trevena and his wife, Tracy, were injured following the hit-and-run crash on Monday,

Family members of a hit-and-run victim are seeking justice while hoping their loved one recovers. It happened around 3:30 a.m. on July 13. The victim, 30-year-old Lorena Santos, was crossing Hallandale Beach Boulevard at Northeast 14th Avenue when a car slammed into her and kept going. Her husband of just two weeks received the call that his new wife was in the ICU in critical condition. “Her pelvis, she broke her humerus in her arm in two places, and then

 Newly released surveillance video shows the moment gunfire erupted in a southwest Miami-Dade neighborhood. Police have since arrested 25-year-old Glenn Cassis in connection to the shooting. In the video, a white car is seen approaching the intersection of Southwest 216th Street and 120th Avenue at approximately 2:45 a.m. Sunday. The doors swing open, two people jump out of the car and shots ring out. Quickly after, you see a black car stop behind the white one. One door opens and more