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BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – A Miramar police officer who is accused of having sex with a minor last June pleaded guilty in court Wednesday to an aggravated child abuse charge. While in court, Jose Robell Hernandez, 29, accepted the plea conditions and was sentenced by Judge Carlos Lopez, of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, to 10 years of probation and was also ordered to surrender his police certifications. According to an arrest warrant, Hernandez, who was 28 years old at the time of the

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A 23-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly shot an 18-year-old while walking to school Wednesday morning in Daytona Beach, according to the Daytona Beach Police Department. Police said the teen was shot in the leg and taken to the hospital. The shooting happened shortly after 9 a.m. on Mason Avenue. Late Wednesday, Daytona Beach police said a 23-year-old man had been arrested in connection to the shooting. Willie B. Richardson was arrested and booked into jail on

It landed bodybuilder, her boyfriend behind bars on 2 felony charges MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A woman tells Local 10 News that she and her boyfriend, a fellow bodybuilder, made a huge mistake when they conducted a photoshoot with an assault rifle at a West Kendall strip mall; police said a panicked mother called them after seeing the gun pointed at a daycare there. That led Miami-Dade police to arrest the pair Monday afternoon on felony charges of aggravated assault with a firearm

TAMPA – A 14-year-old girl fought off an armed attacker inside her own home after reporting having a stalker for a year, according to Tampa police on Wednesday. Tampa police arrested Franciou Romelus, 43, on April 12 for aggravated stalking, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated child, unlawful use of two-way communications device and transmission of harmful material. He was arrested one day after detectives investigated a case of a man attacking the girl at gunpoint and attempting to kidnap her. According to

UPDATE (5 p.m.): News 5 has learned that this car crash’s aftermath has taken a tragic turn. “The infant has since passed away, sadly,” a Florida Highway Patrol spokesperson said. “Our Traffic Homicide Investigators will be assuming control of the investigation now.” PREVIOUS STORY: ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A 2-month-old is in critical condition after a car crash in Escambia County, according to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol. Officers were called to West Jackson Street at Fitzgerald

Florida man shoots family dog in the face during argument over infidelity: police A Florida man was arrested this week on animal cruelty charges after he allegedly shot the family dog in the face during a fight about whether he cheated on his fiancée, officials said. Farhad Deiham, 41, had allegedly threatened to shoot everyone in his home, including two children, after he was confronted about cheating allegations, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in a Tuesday press conference.  After officers arrived

A woman was struck and killed while trying to cross Interstate 95 in Miami Wednesday morning, authorities said. The incident happened around 6 a.m. on I-95 north in the area of Northwest 2nd Street. Florida Highway Patrol officials said the pedestrian was attempting to cross the roadway when she was struck by an oncoming white Honda SUV. The woman died at the scene as a result of her injuries, FHP officials said. Her identity hasn’t been released. The incident caused

One person was killed, and seven people were left with serious injuries in a five-car Sarasota crash on Tuesday. A driver in a sedan traveling south at 1:43 p.m. failed to stop at a red light as he was passing traffic in the right turn lane of US-301, north of Northgate Boulevard, according to a crash report from the Florida Highway Patrol. The front of the sedan collided with an SUV that was entering the intersection of US-301. The SUV rotated multiple times,

Florida man shoots family dog in the face during argument over infidelity: police A Florida man was arrested this week on animal cruelty charges after he allegedly shot the family dog in the face during a fight about whether he cheated on his fiancée, officials said. Farhad Deiham, 41, had allegedly threatened to shoot everyone in his home, including two children, after he was confronted about cheating allegations, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in a Tuesday press conference.  After officers arrived

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Drivers should expect delays down Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard after a truck flipped onto its side on Wednesday afternoon. The crash occurred along Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, near Village Boulevard in front of the CITY Furniture. Photos and video taken at the scene show a heavy presence of firefighters and the red truck laying on the passenger’s side. The West Palm Beach Fire Department (WPBFD) said it was a two-vehicle crash. In the overturned car,

MATLACHA, Fla. — New information has been released on the Matlacha crash outside of That BBQ Place that killed an 80-year-old woman and sent four others to the hospital. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 24-year-old Cody Curtis, the man accused of crashing his vehicle into a group of people on April 13, told FHP troopers on the scene that he looked down at his phone moments before the crash. He then told troopers he didn’t know what he hit after

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — A 19-year-old man who was driving during a single-vehicle crash is facing charges of manslaughter after three people were killed. Dylan Ray Boully was arrested on Tuesday by the United States Marshals Task Force and the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office after he was found to have had a blood alcohol level of .161 and driving at twice the speed limit of 40 miles per hour prior to the crash. He now faces three counts of