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FBI agents, with help from the Spanish National Police, arrested the husband of a missing South Florida woman who vanished after she traveled to Madrid last February, according to NBC affiliate WTVJ. David Knezevich was arrested Sunday at Miami International Airport after flying in from his home country of Serbia, where he had been for months, WTVJ said. The station reported that Knezevich was arrested as the alleged perpetrator in his wife’s disappearance. Ana María Knezevich Henao, 40, disappeared on February

A man is accused of threatening a group of pickleball players with a machete at a North Naples community center late Saturday night. A call was received about a man threatening people at the courts shortly before midnight at the Pelican Marsh Community Center. Deputies say the man had a strong odor of alcohol. According to the report, the victims and witnesses say Joseph Devalle, 54, aggressively approached the courts, yelling at them to leave while kicking and pushing chairs.

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. – Firefighters in Hillsborough County battled a large fire on the water Tuesday after flames spread through a 45-foot sailboat. Fire rescue officials say crews found the boat fully engulfed after responding just before 5 p.m. off Chipaway Drive in Apollo Beach. HCFR says it took crews about an hour to put out the fire, with firefighters attacking it both on the dock and from the water. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is

Photo by: wfla A woman was taken to the hospital Monday after authorities say she drove her vehicle into a pond in Carrollwood on Sunday night. On Monday morning, the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue responded to a crash near the intersection of Himes Avenue and Busch Boulevard and found a vehicle submerged in the water and a woman standing near the pond. The woman told authorities she drove the vehicle into the water at about 10 p.m. Sunday night. She

A Polk County man is accused of trying to run down a group of people in the Lakeland area during an argument on Sunday afternoon. Gage Dennis, 19, and Andrew LaPorte were involved in an argument with another group of people in the area of Central Avenue Southeast and 3rd Avenue Southeast. Dennis drove the car at the group of four people, hitting one of them, deputies said. LaPorte got out of the car and attacked the person who was

HAINES CITY, Fla. – A large dump truck veered off the road and took out two power poles in Haines City on Tuesday afternoon, according to first responders. Officials say the Haines City Fire Department arrived at the intersection of Polk City Road and Wilbar Lane around 12 p.m. and found the truck on its side after the crash. According to authorities, bystanders say the driver lost control of the truck and swerved off the road. Officials say the truck

Photo by: Cbs12 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — An early morning crash was cleared after it caused closures on the southbound side of Interstate 95 in West Palm Beach. The right lanes are shut down due to an “intermediate” collision that occurred around 6:30 a.m. near the Forest Hill exit, just before Exit 66, according to Florida 511. The Florida Highway Patrol reported there were injuries Experiencing a car accident can be a traumatic and overwhelming experience, leaving victims with

A Lake Worth Beach man was arrested Saturday and charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl. Twenty-year-old Marvin Perez Lopez is charged with kidnapping and sexual assault of a minor. “He held an 11-year-old girl against her will, sexually assaulted her,” said Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw. “That’s a capital crime.” According to the probable cause affidavit filed with the county clerk’s office, the assault happened last Thursday near Perez Lopez’s home on South K Street in Lake Worth

Photo by: cbs12 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — An 81-year-old woman riding a bike died from her injuries after being struck by a truck that was exiting a McDonald’s parking lot in West Palm Beach. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) crash report states the crash occurred on April 19 at 2:12 p.m. A bicyclist, identified as Joan Besson, was riding on the sidewalk approaching the McDonald’s exit on Okeechobee Boulevard. As Besson on her bicycle began to enter

Photo by: wesh A deadly crash in Volusia County caused major delays on Interstate 95 Monday. According to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol, a 38-year-old woman and a 2-year-old girl died in the crash. According to FHP, one vehicle was in the inside lane, and two were in the center lane. The driver of the vehicle in the outside lane lost control of their car and ran off the roadway onto the inside shoulder. When the driver overcorrected

Asuspect was taken into custody after gunshots were fired at a police car in North Miami Beach Wednesday morning, officials said. The incident happened shortly before 2 a.m. outside the Kabbalah Centre near Northeast 27th Avenue and Northeast 163rd Street. According to North Miami Beach Police officials, the officer was on patrol when he was “brazenly attacked” while sitting in his police vehicle. Footage from the scene showed the marked squad car with a flat front tire and an evidence

A crash took place in Taylor County Monday night, leaving one man dead after he was ejected from his vehicle, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The crash unfolded around 10 p.m. Monday, FHP wrote in a press release. FHP said a 59-year-old Perry man was traveling north in a SUV on Beach Road when it crossed the center line into the southbound lane. A 36-year-old Steinhatchee man was traveling in a pickup truck in the southbound lane, at that time