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 An Ormond Beach woman was killed Wednesday morning after the car she was a passenger in was involved in a crash with a speeding car, according to police. Authorities identified the victim as Mary Pezza, 26. Shortly before 8 a.m., police and fire and rescue crews responded to a major crash on SR A1A between Harvard Drive and Milsap Road in Ormond Beach. Officers learned that a Honda Accord being driven by Wyatt Dickerson, 26, of Daytona Beach, was speeding

Photo by: Florida Highway Patrol Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrested a 84-year-old man on Wednesday who was involved in a March bicyclist hit-and-run. John Arthur Sanfanandre, 84, from Bradenton was arrested for the leaving the scene of a fatal crash on March 22. A 28-year-old bicyclist was crossing the pedestrian crosswalk on State Road 70 near Caruso Road when he was thrown off his bike due to the impact of the collision. After the crash, the driver of the red sedan

A man and child were found dead in an apartment in Hialeah Thursday in an apparent murder-suicide shooting, police said. The discovery was made at the Lake House Apartments on West 11th Court and 72nd Street, according to Hialeah Police. Police said the mother of the child discovered the bodies inside the apartment. Officials haven’t released the identities of the child or the man, who they said was between 30-40 years old. The man and the child died from gunfire,

A Gainesville woman faces serious charges after allegedly inflicting harm on her adopted daughter over the use of fake fingernails, according to authorities. According to the Gainesville Police Department, Johanna Sedgley was enraged that her 15-year-old daughter had acquired fake nails, which were glued on. Sedgley restrained the teenager and forcibly removed several of her fingernails, which resulted in the teen suffering significant pain and injury, according to investigators. During the investigation, Sedgley admitted to her actions and expressed regret over

An exit ramp to Interstate 75 South is closed from Bruce B. Downs Boulevard after a pedestrian was fatally hit by a car Tuesday night, according to the Tampa Police Department. Northbound Bruce B. Downs Boulevard was also closed, according to police. The crash happened at about 9:20 p.m., police said. The driver stayed at the crash scene. Florida Highway Patrol troopers are helping TPD close the exit ramp and the road is expected to remain closed during the investigation.

 A man with an extensive criminal history was arrested in Hollywood following a burglary and standoff with SWAT team members, officials say. According to Hollywood Police, officers responded to a report of a suspicious person near Washington Street and 52nd Avenue around 3 a.m. Authorities said the suspect, identified as 39-year-old Justin Swain, fled from them and committed a burglary within a residential complex off of Hillcrest Court before barricading himself inside. Swain, a known felon, is believed to be

Police are searching for a man accused of fleeing the scene of a crash that left a woman dead in northwest Miami-Dade over the weekend. The crash happened around 5:45 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Northwest 95th Street and Northwest 17th Avenue in West Little River when a Chevrolet Colorado collided with a Dodge Ram, Miami-Dade Police said. The front right passenger of the Colorado, 33-year-old Meylin Munoz Romero, was killed as a result. After the crash, the suspected

Sage Curry, 22, who was charged for murdering two women while they slept in their Largo home in April 2021, has been found guilty, according to court documents. Curry will spend life in prison without possibility of parole, the maximum sentence after the prosecution did not pursue the death penalty. Largo police arrested Curry a few days after the murders, saying Curry, who was 19 at the time, followed Zhaneta Dindi, 78, and Hera Dindi, 17, home one night before crawling through their window

New court documents show a man knew more about his girlfriend’s death after she was found hanging inside their St. Petersburg home in February, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department. Police said they were called to a home on Whiting Drive Southeast on Feb. 20 to investigate a suspicious death. According to police, 48-year-old Gregory Shinn found his girlfriend, 59-year-old Katrin Simpson, hanging in their garage and asked his neighbor to call 911. Shinn originally reported her death as

Colombia has emerged as a hub for the child sex tourism trade, prompting heightened scrutiny. In an exclusive interview with Local 10 News Thursday, Anthony Salisbury, Homeland Security Investigations Miami’s Special Agent in Charge, spoke about the ongoing initiatives aimed at preventing sexual predators from utilizing Miami as a gateway to exploit some of the world’s most vulnerable children overseas. “What we are talking about here is child sex tourism and it is not well understood and certainly an uncomfortable

Two people were injured Tuesday night in a stabbing incident in northwest Miami-Dade, authorities confirmed. Police confirmed that officers responded to a home along Northwest 63rd Street around 11 p.m. in reference to an aggravated battery. Police said a 13-year-old girl and a 20-year-old woman were injured in the incident and both were transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital. On Wednesday morning, Local 10 News reporter Annaliese Garcia spoke with the teenage victim, who had a bandage on her neck after

Local 10 News spoke with a police officer Thursday whose 4-year-old son Junior accidentally shot himself with his father’s handgun in North Miami Beach last month. The child’s father, who authorities identified as Peter Rodler Tidot, 29, is a police officer in the city of Columbia, South Carolina. “This is one person I love the most on earth. I love him more than myself,” said an emotional Tidot. “This is something I have to live with. Even after 50 years, it’s going