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Police have arrested a man who threatened to stab two 7-Eleven gas station employees with a knife. It happened at 7-Eleven on Skyline Boulevard in Cape Coral at around 2 a.m. Tuesday. Cape Coral police said Blake Montroy tried to steal snacks and booze, and when employees began to follow him in the store, he pulled out a blade and said he would stab them. He then dropped the items and ran from the scene. However, police caught up with

Photo by: Panama City WJHG-TV Florida Highway Patrol Troopers are investigating a crash that left one driver dead and another driver with serious injuries on Sunday. According to FHP, around 7 a.m. a Gray Nissan Altima was traveling east on US 98 near Research Road in Foggy conditions. A Blue pickup truck was also traveling on US 98 heading west, following an unmarked FWCC law enforcement vehicle. FHP said for unknown reasons the Nissan driver crossed the center line and

Photo by: cbs12 A deadly crash involving a Brightline train an a pedestrian left a person dead Sunday. The collision was reported around 10 p.m. near the tracks off 210 N G St. and Lucerne Avenue in Lake Worth. Emergency crews arrived at the scene to find the pedestrian involved. They were pronounced dead by paramedics. The identity of the deceased has not yet been released. No other injuries were reported by Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Palm Beach County

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The man who is accused of shooting and killing a 32-year-old Jacksonville woman at a Fairfax gas station was arrested Tuesday, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Isaiah Hawkins, 33, was found during a traffic stop and taken to the Police Memorial Building for an interview. After an interview with detectives, Hawkins was arrested and charged with murder. Demeshia Gainer was shot multiple times outside of a black four-door sedan that was in the parking lot of

 A 24-year-old motorcyclist died after he crashed into an SUV in Clay County Sunday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the motorcycle was traveling west on Kingsley Avenue in the right lane and an SUV was traveling east on Kingsley turning left to go north on Plainfield Avenue. The front of the motorcycle collided with the right side of the SUV and caused heavy damage to both vehicles. Troopers said the SUV traveled onto the northwest shoulder and the motorcycle

A 64-year-old man is dead after a crash on I-95 in St. Johns County at 10:53 p.m. Saturday, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said a 21-year-old man was driving a car south on I-95 in the inside lane. The 64-year-old man was driving an SUV with a 64-year-old female passenger in the outside lane. Troopers said the 21-year-old tried to change to the outside lane and the right front of the car collided with the left rear of the

A pedestrian was hit and killed in Sarasota on Saturday after he tried to cross an area roadway. According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, the 40-year-old pedestrian attempted to cross all lanes of State Road 72 (Clark Road) in front of approaching traffic at about 8:54 p.m. A 24-year-old Sarasota man was driving a sedan westbound on Clark Road, approaching the intersection of Swift Road, when he hit the pedestrian. After he was struck and lying in the travel

Photo by: News4JAX A 22-year-old man driving a pick-up truck died early Sunday morning after striking a tree in Alachua County, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said he was traveling north on I-75 on the exit ramp to State Road 121 and lost control on the curve. Troopers said the truck drove through the grass shoulder and hit a tree. The driver, who is from Ocala, was taken to a local hospital, where he died. He was not wearing a seat

Officials with the Flagler Beach Police Department are investigating after a person was shot in Flagler Beach Sunday evening. It happened just before 6:40 p.m. in the 400 block of South Flagler Avenue, according to police. The shooting prompted a closure of South Flagler Avenue to South 7th Street, police said.  Police said the victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.  The suspect fled the scene after the shooting with their current whereabouts unknown, according to officials. The

Photo by: Local10 The Broward Sheriff’s Office announced on Sunday that the list of injured victims after a deputy-involved crash had increased to 11 — and included a child and a pregnant woman. According to the Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue, the crash was at about 10:45 a.m., on Saturday at Northwest 27 Avenue and West Sunrise Boulevard. Fire rescue personnel from Fort Lauderdale, Lauderhill, and Plantation also responded. The initial report from BSFR was nine injured, but the list later

Photo by: wsvn  A man was killed and two other people were taken to the hospital after they were involved in a car crash in Northwest Miami-Dade, police said. Miami-Dade Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the two-vehicle crash in the area of Northwest 22nd Avenue and 79th Street, shortly after 2 a.m., Sunday. A witness who identified himself as Kenneth spoke with 7News about the incident. “There was a lady screaming,” he said. Kenneth said

Rescue crews took a 14-year-old boy to the hospital after he was injured by the propeller blades of a fishing pier in Dania Beach that prohibits the use of drones. Speaking with 7News on Sunday, James said he comes to the Dania Beach Fishing Pier on a regular basis, but Sunday morning’s fishing trip suddenly turned into a nightmare. “We told him not to fly it. He said, ‘It’s fine,’ so we just let him do what he wanted to