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A 19-year-old has been arrested after confessing to murdering a man in Cocoa during an attempted robbery on Friday. According to the Cocoa Police Department, officers responded to the area of Crestview Road and Monopoly Lane after reports said a man had been shot. Witnesses at the scene said they observed the victim walking with a case of beer before collapsing to the ground. Upon arrival, officers found the victim, 43-year-old Factor Adrian Tejax Curup, unresponsive and bleeding due to

Photo by: Florida Highway Patrol A man has been arrested after 18 years for a DUI crash resulting in serious injury. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the May 2006 crash happened on Interstate 4 just west of State Road 559 in Polk County. FHP said Faisal Javaid, 27, was driving a white Jaguar eastbound on I-4 and failing to stay in a single lane. That’s when he over-corrected and lost control, crossing the median and hitting a Honda Element,

Photo by: WPEC West Palm Beach A multi-vehicle crash involving a tractor trailer has choked up sections of Interstate 95 in Boca Raton.  The collision was reported around 4 a.m. just south of Exit 48, West Yamato Road. The right southbound lane is blocked, easing after all lanes were blocked earlier Wednesday morning. The Florida Highway Patrol reported there were injuries.  Immediate Assistance After a Car Accident: A car accident can leave you feeling shaken and uncertain about what to

Photo by: wsvn Police have stopped a suspect after a shooting in the parking lot of a shopping center in Doral. Bryan Jimenez Fallas stood before Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy S. Glazer, Monday morning. He faces charges of aggravated battery and attempted manslaughter. According to Doral Police, the incident took place in the parking lot of The Shoppes at MICC, located at 7800 NW 25th St., just before 4 p.m., Saturday. Police found a man with a gunshot wound. Paramedics

 An aggravated assault charge was dropped Tuesday against a 47-year-old man who was left paralyzed after a police confrontation during a mental health episode. On March 7, at Northwest 58th Street and Seventh Court, Donald Armstrong, who was experiencing a mental health episode at the time of the police response, was filmed by bystanders during the confrontation. Video evidence showed Armstrong allegedly holding a screwdriver at the home’s entrance. In that same video, Donald lifts his shirt to prove he was

Former US Representative Madison Cawthorn was reportedly involved in a collision with a Florida Highway Patrol trooper along Alligator Alley on Monday, according to a social media post. The post alleges that Cawthorn was driving erratically before the accident occurred. Video footage of the aftermath shows a black car, which reportedly is owned by Cawthorn, with its hood smashed in. The trooper’s car can be seen with damage to its rear. Cawthorn, a former congressman from North Carolina, was left

A man was struck and killed Sunday night in South Daytona, according to the police department. The crash happened around 10:37 p.m. in the 1900 block of S. Ridgewood Ave. According to the South Daytona Police Department, Tommy L. Cox was hit by a vehicle and taken to Halifax Hospital, where he died. The department said it does not suspect foul play or impaired driving in the crash. Anyone with information is asked to call the police department at 386-322-3030.

Photo by: wsvn Firefighters extinguished a blaze that erupted on the side of a home and spread to another house after a storage shed caught fire. Lauderhill Fire Rescue responded to the area of the 8300 block of Northwest 47th Street on Tuesday afternoon. Stacey Thompson, whose fiancé owned the home that initially caught fire, told 7News that her stepdaughter was inside the home at the time of the fire. “She smelled the fire, got the fire extinguisher out tried

A Miami man was arrested after police said he allegedly attacked two other men with a machete during an argument over $80. Orestes Romeu, 54, was arrested Monday on two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, records showed. The alleged incident happened at a home in the 2100 block of Northwest 37th Street. According to an arrest report, one of the victims said he and Romeu got into an argument over $80 he gave Romeu to pay off

 A woman responsible for a hit-and-run crash that killed a 73-year-old woman in South Palm Beach was arrested, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies arrested Amneris Ramos on Tuesday, five months after the fatal crash. Investigators said on Nov. 13, 2023, Hatixhe Laiqi was walking across the 3500 block of South Ocean Boulevard just after 6 p.m. when she was hit by a black 2016 GMC Terrain driven by Ramos. Despite hitting the woman, PBSO said Ramos continued to

A Seminole County deputy was taken to a hospital early Wednesday after a driver crashed into a sheriff’s cruiser in an I-4 construction zone in Sanford, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The crash, which happened around 4:05 a.m. on I-4 east near Lake Mary Boulevard, caused major backups on the interstate during the morning commute. The FHP said a 63-year-old Michigan man was driving a 2009 Pontiac G8 east on I-4 when he suffered a possible medical episode. The Pontiac struck the

Former big-league shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt, who appeared in parts of nine MLB seasons, is facing up to 10 years in prison if he’s convicted following an arrest last week in Miami-Dade County on several charges. Those include staged accident, insurance fraud, organized scheme to defraud, and grand theft, Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis announced.  Betancourt, 42, is alleged to have been part of a four-person scheme that staged a car crash and faked injuries to defraud Kemper Insurance. The state’s investigation found