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The Winter Haven Police Department is searching for a man who they say kidnapped a woman and sexually battered her at gunpoint. A felony warrant was issued for Walter Ray Bouiye, 46, on charges of sexual battery with a firearm, armed kidnapping, possession of firearm by convicted felon, and tampering with a witness. Bouiye took the victim to his home on 5th Street NE on March 20 and held her against her will, according to police. They alleged he took

A man was killed after he crashed his motorcycle into the wall of a Titusville shopping center while test-driving it on Monday afternoon, according to police.  The crash happened at around 4:15 p.m. at 2405 South Hopkins Ave., the address of Miracle City Harley-Davidson. The man was test-driving a 2014 Harley-Davidson motorcycle within the confines of the Titus Landing parking area, lost control and crashed into the back wall of an unoccupied shopping center, police said.  He was transported to a local

The victims of scooter accidents are often young. In the last month alone, two scooter accidents left South Florida students dead while commuting. On Monday, 16-year-old Anthony Malec was hit and killed by a Tesla while riding his electric scooter to school. On March 5, Daniel Bishop, a senior at the University of Miami, was struck and killed while riding his scooter to class. Bishop had attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas and survived the mass shooting in 2018. In car-reliant areas like South Florida, scooters

A Coral Springs Police officer was injured while trying to arrest a man fleeing from police on a bicycle, according to court records. David Jaheim Williams, 18, of Coral Springs, was recklessly riding his bicycle north in the southbound lanes of North University Drive near West Sample Road on March 14, purposely impeding traffic, when a patrolling officer spotted him around midnight, according to an arrest affidavit. The officer said he tried to pull Williams over in his marked police

The Boca Raton Police Department is investigating a deadly hit-and-run. The police department said the incident occurred at 3:03 a.m. Thursday. A person spotted the body in the roadway at 121 NW 40th Street. The victim was identified as 36-year-old Shawn Ryan Matthews of Delray Beach. The police department said that no suspect, vehicle information or vehicle debris was found at the scene. Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call Officer Crawford at 561-620-6227. Being a victim

Chaos unfolded in Miami Gardens as several individuals were arrested following a car chase that resulted in damage to a residential property. Video footage captured the aftermath of the incident, showing people on the ground in handcuffs as Miami Gardens Police and Florida Highway Patrol vehicles with flashing lights that illuminated the scene. The crashed car occurred at the intersection of Northwest 167th Street and Northwest 25th Court around 11 p.m. Monday. The speeding driver lost control of the vehicle,

Photo by: wjhg A woman has died from her injuries after a traffic crash on Monday. Around 3:25 p.m., a Ford F-150 pickup was reportedly traveling north on Churchwell Drive while a female on a bicycle was traveling west on the south sidewalk of Hutchison Boulevard. Officials say at some point, the bicyclist, Rebecca Lynne Pohler, approached the intersection and entered the crosswalk, and the truck began its right-hand turn and hit the pedestrian. Pohler was transferred to the hospital

A man was killed in a crash on Gandy Boulevard Monday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. The crash occurred at 9:49 a.m. and involved a Ford F150 and a Ford Mustang. The driver of the pickup, a 43-year-old St. Petersburg man, was going east when he tried to turn left onto a driveway at 12025 Gandy Blvd. He turned in front of the westbound Mustang, which was driven by an 18-year-old Brandon man, troopers said. A passenger in the

A woman was arrested Sunday for allegedly stabbing the father of her son to death at their Miami Gardens home, according to police. Miami Gardens officers responded after 4 p.m. to the 3800 block of Northwest 177th Street after a witness reported hearing a woman saying she was grabbing a knife during a violent dispute, according to an arrest affidavit. There, police found 31-year-old Kaity Elese Maldonado kneeling on her driveway covered in blood and a bloody butcher’s knife with a six-inch

St. Augustine police released a cell phone video showing a group of people punching and kicking a man while he was working for the city. Investigators said the attack happened early in the morning on March 3. The video released by police can be seen in the media player above. A word of warning; the video contains strong language and violence. It may be disturbing to some viewers and discretion is advised. The video shows a man in a high-visibility

Photo by: winknews A firefighter has been injured after responding to a house fire early Monday evening. Shortly after 6 p.m. Monday evening, The Fort Myers Fire Department responded to a house fire on Arlington Street. “I thought for sure the house next door was going to catch fire and the one behind,” said one neighbor. As thick black smoke filled the sky, concerned neighbors lined up and down Arlington Street, along with the man who lived there. According to authorities, a

Photo by: winknews An entire street in Cape Coral has no power after a U-Haul crashed into more than one power pole and took out a woman’s fence. The craziest part is that the driver took off. They just left all of that damage behind on Kismet Parkway. Police are still investigating, so we don’t know for sure why the driver ended up on the road and if the driver lost control, but the homeowner said people cut through her backyard all the