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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A worker at a construction site died after falling it a 20-foot shaft on Wednesday. According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a construction site in the area of Central Florida Parkway and Palm Parkway at noon in response to a man-down call. Orange County Fire Rescue said they were able to access the person who fell, but deputies said he died later at the hospital. OCSO said they think the worker was

A South Florida pet owner is devastated after her small dog was killed after being attacked by a pitbull. The attack occurred on the evening of March 13th off Taft Street and North 52nd Avenue in Hollywood. “I was on the ground too because the dog is so big, he had to weigh at least 80 pounds,” said Jessica Reeder. “He pulled me down too. I scraped up my knees, I scraped up my hands.” She said the attack occurred

Authorities said a mother in Florida has been charged after day care staff found a handgun inside her 2-year-old son’s lunchbox. Shanae Davis, 39, faces several charges including allowing a minor to obtain a firearm and child neglect after a teacher at Jackson’s Daycare Center in Riviera Beach opened the lunch box with a 9mm Glock 43 handgun inside it. According to police documents, the discovery caused concern by the teachers. Parents who later learned about the incident were also stunned, WPEC

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) – A shooting occurred just before 6:45 p.m. Tuesday in Miami Gardens, leaving an adult male victim dead, according to Miami Gardens Police officials. Authorities were called to the scene at the intersection of Northwest 19th Avenue and 167th Street after receiving reports of gunfire. Upon arrival, officers discovered a white BMW with the driver inside suffering from a gunshot wound, said officials. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue pronounced the man dead at the scene. Preliminary investigations revealed

Authorities in Broward County are investigating after they said a 10-year-old boy was injured in a shooting. It happened on Thursday at approximately 6:35 p.m. near the 1700 block of Northwest Fourth Street in Pompano Beach. According to deputies, after arriving at the scene they found a boy who had been shot. Pompano Beach Fire Rescue rushed the victim to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The Broward Sheriff’s Office Violent Crime Unit is investigating the circumstances that led up

STUART, Fla. — A Florida woman was fatally struck by a motorist on M-59 in a hit-and-run crash in Rochester Hills early Friday, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said. The 30-year-old woman of Lauderhill, Fla. was hit as she ran across the lanes of M-59 by a motorist driving eastbound, west of South Livernois Road just before 7:30 a.m., the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. The driver fled and later turned himself in, police reported. The woman, whose

A two-alarm fire ripped through an abandoned auto shop early Friday in Orange County. The massive blaze broke out in the 6400 block of University Boulevard, near Forsyth Road, and was extinguished around 4:30 a.m., according to Orange County Fire Rescue. The roof on the side of building collapsed and a vehicle caught fire, but no injuries were reported, fire officials said. Photos shared on X by OCFR show a Full Sail University van at the site, but no other

BERKELEY COUNTY, W.Va. — A woman from Spring Hill, Florida, pleaded guilty this week to defrauding millions of dollars out of a Berkeley County man who suffered from dementia. Wendy Renee Bunner, 48, pled guilty Monday to one count of money laundering. Court documents and statements show that Bunner conspired with her husband, Samuel Bunner, to obtain a cashier’s check worth $280,318.73 from a United Bank account that belonged to the elderly victim. The couple used the money to purchase real

Photo by: winknews One person is dead, and two people have been injured following a four-vehicle crash, wrecking a utility pole in the process. The Cape Coral Police Department and firefighters responded to the crash at around 9 p.m. on Thursday. Zaldeen T. Saleem, 18, attempted to change lanes while driving westbound on East Nicholas Parkway near the Cape Coral Police Station and the New Hope Church. According to the CCPD, Saleem was traveling above the speed limit. He could not change lanes

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. — A 18-year-old Niceville woman is in critical condition after being ejected from her vehicle following a crash in Okaloosa County early Monday morning. The crash happened on State Road 85 and General Robert M. Bond Boulevard at around 12:30 a.m. Florida Highway Patrol says a black Volvo sedan, driven by the 18-year-old, was attempting to make a turn but headed off-road and struck a dirt embankment. The collision caused the driver to be ejected from the

Photo by: local10 Police are investigating a crash involving a car and a scooter that left two people hospitalized in Doral Thursday afternoon. Sky 10 flew over the intersection of Northwest 66th Street and 107th Avenue just before 1:10 p.m. where a red car was spotted with damage to its front windshield. Police officers were also seen focusing on a scooter on the ground. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue confirmed that two people were airlifted to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital. Authorities have

Two Florida men are in custody and a third suffered gunshot wounds after a brazen shooting caught on camera led to a police helicopter chase early Monday morning. The video shows two men creeping through the parking lot around 2 a.m., checking out the victim’s vehicle from multiple angles. As they approach, the gunman has his hands in the front of his pants.  Video shows he gets close enough to make eye contact with the victim, then pulls out a silver pistol