Florida's Recent News

A 34-year-old woman was arrested Monday after she attacked a 14-year-old girl inside an IHOP in North Miami Beach, authorities said. The incident was reported shortly after 10:15 p.m. at the International House of Pancakes location at 1101 NE 163rd St. According to the suspect’s arrest report, the victim told police that she and her family were dining inside the restaurant when they were approached by Precious Williams, who accused them of “talking badly” about her four young children. The

photo by: WJXT News4JAX A teenage girl was injured Monday morning when a suspect shot multiple times at the car she was in outside of a hotel in Southpoint, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. According to JSO, the girl and two other people had just checked out of the hotel on Salisbury Road when another car pulled alongside, and someone started shooting. Police said the suspect fired at least 17 shots at the car. The girl was hit in

 A single vehicle was involved in a crash in Bay County. On Monday, Florida Highway Patrol said a truck tractor was traveling southbound on U.S. Highway 231. Troopers say at some point, the driver left the roadway and collided with a ditch. The vehicle’s front reportedly continued to travel southwest of 231 and hit a utility pole. The tractor then came to a final rest facing south off the roadway west of 231. Officials say no one was injured. Truck

A man intentionally drove through the front doors of the Martin County Jail in Stuart on Monday night, the sheriff’s office said. The suspect drove up the walkway from the parking lot and proceeded to crash through the glass doors to the lobby, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) said. Photos show the front of the car inside the lobby, the glass doors broken and shattered. The sheriff’s office said the man was not able to get through to the

Photo by: wpbf A man was killed Tuesday morning after being struck by a Palm Tran bus in Greenacres. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue says the crash happened around 6:23 a.m. at the intersection of Military Trail South and Melaleuca Lane. The units arrived in under 2.5 minutes, finding the victim on the ground. Paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene. Fire rescue has not yet said what happened leading up to the crash but reports there are no

Photo by: wsvn A crash on a ramp on the Palmetto Expressway caused major traffic delays for drivers. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Florida Highway Patrol units were dispatched to a traffic crash on the northbound ramp from SR 826/Palmetto Expressway to eastbound SR 836/Dolphin Expressway in west Miami-Dade just after 5 p.m., Monday. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene on Monday afternoon showing a car transport trailer with two cars on its flatbed flipped on its side. Traffic is slowed down

Photo by: wsvn Flames ripped through a Miami home Monday, gutting the interior and causing extensive damage. Sometime before noon, City of Miami Fire Rescue units were dispatched to the house near Fourth Terrace and Northwest 30th Avenue as smoke poured out. The American Red Cross coordinated emergency aid for the five adults impacted by the fire. It is unknown if anyone was injured or what sparked the fire, but the home was deemed unsafe. Experiencing a fire accident can

Photo by: Local10 Multiple people were transported to local hospitals Tuesday morning after a gas leak occurred at an apartment complex in southwest Miami-Dade. Local 10 News was at the scene in the area of Southwest 94th Avenue and 40th Terrace as first responders were loading patients on stretchers into ambulances. One resident said firefighters showed up to the building around 4:30 a.m. and banged on doors, evacuating units. The resident said firefighters knocked down doors to any units that

The Gainesville Police Department (GPD) has confirmed that a motorcyclist died Saturday evening in a crash on East University Avenue. GPD spokesperson Brandon Hatzel said officers responded to a motorcycle-truck collision around 11:45 p.m. in the 1800 block of East University. The truck was crossing traffic in a northbound direction when it was struck by the motorcycle, which was traveling east on University. The motorcycle rider was pronounced deceased on the scene, and no other injuries were reported. Hatzel said

A 26-year-old Okeechobee man died after diverting from the roadway and crashing, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Early Saturday morning just after 5 a.m., the man was heading south on County Road 721, just south of State Road 70 at a high rate of speed. Officials said the driver diverted from the roadway, into a grassy shoulder, and struck a fence and a tree. The man was ejected from his car and pronounced dead at the scene. FHP is

Photo by: Fox13news One person was killed, and another was injured when police say a man suspected of street racing slammed into their vehicle on Dale Mabry Highway on Monday morning.  According to the Tampa Police Department, 22-year-old Andy Moya Robaina was driving a 2011 BMW 335i at a high rate of speed southbound on Dale Mabry Highway shortly before 10:30 a.m. Witnesses told police that Robaina appeared to be racing a dark-colored vehicle when he slammed into a 2015 Nissan Versa

A Florida man was arrested Saturday and accused of locking himself and a woman inside a Seminole County gas station bathroom and attacking her with a box cutter, according to the Sanford Police Department. Randal Lee Lawton, 62, was booked into jail on charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, resisting an officer, and kidnapping, according to online jail records.  According to the arrest affidavit, police responded to the RaceTrac gas station shortly after 5 a.m. on Saturday near