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A couple of teenagers got into a shootout on Monday during an attempted gun robbery, which left one of them dead, and his two alleged accomplices have been charged with murder, according to Largo Police. It happened in the area of 126th Avenue and 66th Street in Largo just after midnight early Monday. Police said a 15-year-old girl was hanging out with a group of juveniles and was providing information about their whereabouts to her 17-year-old brother and his 15-year-old friend. The

Photo by: wfla  A destructive fire at a former Lakeland golf course’s clubhouse is suspicious in nature, according to officials. “I would say that it’s a total loss,” said Lakeland Fire Department Fire Inspector David Sutherland. Fire crews, including more than a dozen firefighters, worked for more than eight hours to fight the fire at Wedgewood Golf Course Clubhouse Saturday night. “Because of the driveway, it was just difficult to find a good position to attack the fire directly because

Two people are lucky to be alive after their plane suddenly crashed in Brandon Thursday afternoon. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue said they received several calls just before 3:30 p.m. for the overturned plane near Parsons Avenue. Neighbors were shocked to see a plane falling from the sky. “The woman’s arm was dangling, you know, and I had to rip the door off for them to get out,” Dion Papas said. “She was stuck in the seatbelt and then we lifted

The Tarpon Springs Police Department is seeking the driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a bicyclist with life-threatening injuries on Thursday. The crash occurred at about 5:10 p.m. at the intersection of E. Orange Street and Levis Avenue in Tarpon Springs when the suspect struck the cyclist. The cyclist was flown to a nearby hospital, police said. The suspect fled the scene, driving northbound on Levis Avenue. According to TSPD, the suspect’s vehicle, a grey sedan, will have

 A Lakeland mother of two boys says she’s stuck in a moldy apartment.  Every step inside Cardasha Benson’s apartment comes with a stench and a sight that she says is almost too much to bear. The mother of two is grappling with growing mold that continues to seep into her clothing, walls, and carpet. “This is killing us slowly and we’re breathing this in and it’s very toxic,” Benson said. “This is poisonous.” Benson’s grandmother is stepping in and call

A pedestrian was struck by a Brightline train while trying to cross the tracks in Stuart on Thursday evening. Martin County Fire Rescue crews responded to a pedestrian struck by a Brightline train around 6:45 p.m. along SE Dixie Hwy., south of Stuart Yacht & Country Club. The man suffered serious injuries, according to Fire Rescue. Pedestrian train accidents are tragic events that can lead to catastrophic injuries and fatalities. At Ovadia Law Group, we understand the devastating impact these

The aftermath of the deadly crane collapse on the Southeast Third Avenue Bridge has left one construction worker dead and two people injured as the structure reopened Friday morning. The incident, which occurred near the New River around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, also led to the damage of a Tesla SUV and a minivan after debris fell onto the bridge, creating a significant hole on the road that led to the closure of the bridge. Initially, the collapse raised concerns about the bridge’s

Photo by: Local10 The State Fire Marshal is investigating after a fire erupted Thursday at a two-story home in Dania Beach. According to Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Michael B. Kane, the fire was reported around 6:45 p.m. in the 600 block of Northeast Second Street. “Upon arrival at the scene, firefighters encountered a challenging situation as thick, black smoke billowed and flames emerged from a second-floor window,” Kane said in an email to Local 10 News. “Undeterred by

Photo by: Local10 A fire erupted Friday morning inside a home in Parkland, destroying the house. The fire was reported in the 5400 block of Godfrey Road. Sky 10 was above the scene around 6:10 a.m. as heavy smoke was coming from the home. The fire appeared to be mostly out by 6:45 a.m., but a view from Sky 10 showed that it was completely charred and gutted. It’s unclear whether anyone was inside the home when the fire started

Photo by: NbcMiami A construction worker died after a portion of a crane fell onto the Southeast 3rd Avenue bridge Thursday in downtown Fort Lauderdale, crushing a car and injuring three more people. The incident happened at around 4:30 p.m. on the bridge over the New River, near Southeast 4th Street. Fort Lauderdale fire officials said in a news conference said a construction crew was in the process of “stepping the crane” by adding sections to a crane to make

Photo by: winknews One person is dead after an SUV crash involving a bicyclist occurred on US-41 in North Naples. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash was reported at around 8:38 p.m. on Thursday on Wiggins Pass Road approaching US-41. The 61-year-old man Naples bicyclist was traveling west on the left lane of Wiggins Pass Road, approaching the intersection of US-41. An SUV traveling north on the center lane of US-41 was approaching the green light at the

A Coconut Creek man is facing nearly a dozen felony charges after police said he uploaded child sexual abuse material online. Police arrested Phillip Marcus Wilson, 24, on Wednesday. According to a heavily-redacted arrest report, two tips from file-hosting service Dropbox led police to Wilson. Police said a Broward Sheriff’s Office digital forensics team found “dozens of images and videos” depicting child sexual abuse on his desktop computer. Generally, the files depicted girls “under the age of 7″ being raped