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Photo by:  Johnny S. A semi-truck erupted into flames on Southern Boulevard, entirely consuming the vehicle and sending smoke billowing dozens of feet into the air. The vehicle fire happened on the westbound side in between Jog Road and Florida’s Turnpike. Video shows the metal frame of the semi charred and melted with its hood completely off. Video by: Johnny S. The wreck happened around 12:30 p.m., but first responders are yet to release details about its cause or the

Khydeeja McBride was 18 when she was accused of domestic violence in Miramar. About three years later, she is back in Broward County jail facing more serious charges. County court records show prosecutors filed a first-degree felony case against McBride, 21, on Wednesday. Records show Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies booked McBride on Tuesday after Sunrise police officers arrested her on Monday on two counts of attempted murder. According to the arrest report, the targets were two 15-year-old boys who were

A North Miami Beach man was arrested Tuesday after police said he threw rocks at the apartment windows of two of his neighbors. Police said the first incident, at the Three Seasons apartment building at 16410 N. Miami Drive, occurred April 28. The victim in that incident was inside his apartment when a rock was “violently thrown through his window,” an arrest report stated. According to the report, the victim immediately ran out of his apartment and saw the door

Photo by:  Jeremy Wittong The Orlando Police Department has released footage from this past weekend’s demonstrations at Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando. The department said approximately 1,200 people participated in the demonstration, with the majority engaging peacefully. However, OPD confirmed two arrests of individuals charged with battery on a police officer.  Additionally, officers resorted to deploying a handheld chemical agent in response to a group that they said became disruptive and violent. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. According to

Body camera video captures the moment a Key West Police cruiser was hit head-on by heavy machinery driven by a suspect who was later arrested. On May 4, the officer was responding to reports of a man using a loader to destroy vehicles and a building at the College of the Florida Keys. The bodycam shows the moments the loader struck the cruiser. The officer then runs out of the vehicle and starts shooting, but none of the shots hit

Two men are facing serious charges after they allegedly opened fire on Miami-Dade Police detectives. Skylar Richardson, 23, and Katyne David, 21, were both arrested Tuesday on charges of attempted second-degree murder on a law enforcement officer, Miami-Dade jail records showed. The alleged incident happened around 9 p.m. Monday in the 1400 block of Northwest 96th Street. According to arrest reports, two Miami-Dade detectives who were working a Robbery Intervention Detail in an unmarked red Jeep Compass spotted an Acura

Police have arrested a 29-year-old Fort Pierce man in connection with a Mother’s Day shooting that left a father of two dead. Antonio Watson was apprehended Wednesday afternoon on charges of first-degree murder and possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon, Fort Pierce police spokesman Larry Croom said. Levil Smith, 37, was shot to death Sunday night near North 24th Street and Canal Terrace in Fort Pierce, Croom said. Earlier this week, WPTV spoke to a woman who said

A homicide was being investigated Wednesday afternoon in Riviera Beach, police said. A teenager was found dead in the 3300 block of Avenue J at about 2:30 p.m. A WPTV news crew spotted the road blocked off with crime tape at the intersection with W 34th Street. The scene is upsetting for long-term residents who said this is a step back for their neighborhood which has worked hard to combat violence. “I just know this area used to be a

Police are investigating a shooting that left a 19-year-old man dead in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood early Thursday morning. Miami Police responded to reports of a shooting around 1:15 a.m. in the 190 block of Northwest 67th Street, where they found the man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The victim died from his injuries, police said. His identity hasn’t been released but police confirmed he was just 19. “According to our homicide detectives, they did in fact confirm that the

Photo by: ClickOrlando  A 21-year-old Orlando man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Thursday morning in Orange County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The FHP said a 2016 Kia Optima crashed around 7:40 a.m. at Americana Boulevard and South John Young Parkway near Orlando. The driver was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center and was pronounced dead, troopers said. Video from the scene shows a damaged black car in the grass next to the road. Eastbound lanes of Americana Boulevard are closed

Photo by: CBS News The man accused of killing at least eight people in a bus crash on a Florida highway told investigators he smoked marijuana oil the night before and was in another accident three days earlier, according to an arrest report. Bryan Maclean Howard has been charged with eight counts of driving under the influence manslaughter after authorities say his pickup truck hit a bus and sent it off the road early Tuesday morning. The former school bus and the truck were going in

 A man in his late 20’s died when he fell off a container ship at the Jacksonville Port Authority Tuesday, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. The man was not from Jacksonville and did not work at Jaxport. The vessel is based out of Norway. The man “took a wrong turn” inside the ship and fell, police said. He was found by a coworker shortly after.  The Coast Guard responded to assist JSO in the investigation.  The man’s body will be taken for