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A 57-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after police said he followed three young children at a Pinellas County park and started making inappropriate comments. According to the Pinellas Park Police Department, officers were called to a “disturbing incident” at Helen Howarth Park, located at 6301 94th Avenue North. Witnesses told police they saw a man, identified as Joseph Veltre, 57, of St. Petersburg, following three children at the park and making inappropriate comments. They said he asked the children if

Photo by: Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Firefighters extinguished an SUV that was on fire in northwest Miami-Dade Wednesday night, authorities confirmed. According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, it happened just after 9 p.m. near Northwest 12th Avenue and Northwest 115th Street, in the county’s Pinewood area. Upon their arrival, firefighters found an SUV that they say was engulfed in flames beside a gate on the street. Authorities said firefighters promptly deployed a hose line and also used a fire extinguisher to douse

Photo by: North escambia One person was injured in a crash that slowed Wednesday morning commute traffic on Highway 29 in Cantonment. The crash happened just before 6 a.m. on Highway 29 near Cedar Tree Lane. Escambia County EMS transported one person to an area hospital. The crash closed northbound Highway 29. The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and Escambia Fire Rescue also responded. Being involved in a car accident can be a traumatic experience,

Photo by: Escambia County Fire Rescue A Chevrolet Camaro drove through a Florida home in middle of the night, leaving one resident critically injured, according to investigators. Photos on social media show the heavily damaged “muscle” car came to a stop wedged between furniture in the living room. The crash happened around 12:45 a.m, Monday, April 8, in the Brent area west of Pensacola, the Florida State Highway Patrol said in a crash report. “A 38-year-old female from Pensacola, Florida, was traveling south on

A Jupiter man accused of possessing child pornography was arrested after he apparently emailed some of the material – to himself. Dr. Thomas E. Lipin is a well-known ENT with his own practice in Jupiter. His official website notes his many accomplishments over the last 30 years treating both children and adults in the community, including the Distinguished Citizen Award from Boy Scouts of America for community service in 2005 and acted as Chairman of the Board for Jupiter Medical

A motorcyclist riding through Palm Coast died Wednesday night after crashing with a car making a turn, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The fatal wreck occurred at the intersection of Matanzas Woods and Belle Terre parkways, troopers said. According to an FHP crash report, the 60-year-old Palm Coast man riding the motorcycle was traveling east on Matanzas Woods Parkway as another vehicle — a sedan driven by a 73-year-old Lakeland man — was westbound. At the intersection, the sedan’s

A 37-year-old man was at the Paul Rein Detention Facility on Wednesday in Pompano Beach accused of sexually abusing a boy. Records released on Wednesday show a detective accused Antijuan “Twan” Turner, who lives in Miami-Dade County, of sexually abusing an 8-year-old child in December, in Broward County. According to Detective Cristina Agostini’s application for a warrant, the police investigation started on Jan. 21, and the boy told a licensed social worker on Feb. 15 that he was afraid of

A Broward County man stands accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl after pretending to be six years younger in Miami-Dade County. The victim’s mother said Diego Manuel Gaspar pretended to be 16 years old when she and her daughter met him on Dec. 23 at Santa’s Enchanted Forest, according to the arrest report. After a mental health crisis, the 14-year-old girl told police officers that Gaspar, 22, of Pompano Beach, picked her up after she snuck out of her

One house was destroyed when reports of a fire first came in at 12:26 p.m. on Wednesday at Barnwell Road in Nassau County. Nassau County Fire Rescue told Action News Jax that units arrived at 12:30 p.m. as flames were showing through the roof of the home. The house was confirmed as destroyed but no people were inside, and no injuries were reported. The sheriff’s office issued an alert that Barnwell Road now has one lane open. The initial alert

A woman was hit and killed in a north St. Petersburg crash early Thursday. The St. Petersburg Police Department said officers were called to 112th Avenue Northeast just before 7 a.m. due to a crash involving a pedestrian. Police said the woman, who has not been identified, was taken to Bayfront Hospital and later died. The driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators. The crash remains under investigation. Pedestrian accidents can result in severe injuries and life-altering

A Miami woman was arrested for allegedly running an illegal pre- and post-surgery recovery center after police said they found eight patients in a home. Daaiyah Alneesha Roundtree, 43, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of operating an assisted living facility without a license, Miami-Dade Police said. Police said they received a tip that an unlicensed assisted living facility was operating at a home on Southwest 63rd Court in South Miami and was providing post-surgery recovery services. The also learned

A North Fort Myers man is accused of hitting a pool contractor in the head with a baseball bat during an altercation on Tuesday morning. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, 36-year-old Richard “Anthony” Daniels was arrested outside his home in the Crane Landing neighborhood. Detectives said Daniels got into an argument with a man who he hired to build his swimming pool, and asked the man to leave his house. According to an arrest report, the contractor said