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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Matias Fleuriza appeared in Broward County court on Wednesday accused of assaulting someone during a road rage incident in Fort Lauderdale. Fleuriza, 33, stood before Circuit Judge Christopher M. Brown after an officer with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department arrested him on Tuesday. Assistant State Attorney Eric Linder said there was a firearm involved in the road rage incident and Fleuriza had an arrest record for trespassing. “I am ordering no driving without a court order,” Brown

Man arrested for child abuse in Coconut Creek COCONUT CREEK, Fla. – Shandel Bryan appeared in Broward County court on Wednesday accused of child abuse in Coconut Creek. He talked to his defense through tears. Assistant State Attorney Eric Linder said Bryan, who didn’t have a criminal record, categorized his son’s beating as disciplinary, but he disagreed. “Kicking a 9-year-old child approximately five times — while he is on the ground in his abdomen — in his legs and striking and

HIALEAH, Fla. – After a burglary victim was injured in Hialeah, Shakala Simone Smith told a detective her sister wanted her Sony PlayStation game console back, according to a police arrest report released on Wednesday. The woman claimed the game console was hers, and she reported Smith’s sister Daneill Dishan Henry threatened to stab her with a knife and a gunman threatened to shoot her over it. The woman also reported Smith, 28; Henry, 25; and another woman broke into her

PASCO COUNTY, Fla.– An 80-year-old New Port Richey woman died Wednesday morning after a collision at the intersection of Little Road and San Miguel Drive. The accident occurred shortly before 8:00 am when a northbound Kia Forte, driven by the woman, turned left in front of a southbound Ford Crown Victoria. The collision caused both vehicles to spin out. The Ford then struck a utility pole on the west shoulder of the road. The driver of the Crown Victoria, a

TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Police Department said its conducting an internal investigation after an officer was seen on camera crashing into another car. The driver of the car said the officer never stopped to check on him after the crash and kept driving. The driver of the car that was struck, Jake Perrin, said he was most upset that the officer wouldn’t stop to make sure him and his friend who was also in the car were okay. A camera from a neighboring

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A fatal crash is causing delays on a popular Tampa highway Wednesday afternoon. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a crash involving a motorcyclist and a truck occurred around 12:58 p.m. on Dale Mabry Highway, just south of Waters Avenue. Officials said a 25-year-old New Jersey man on a Suzuki motorcycle was traveling southbound on Dale Mabry Highway. At the same time, a 59-year-old Tampa man, along with his 52-year-old passenger in a Toyota pickup truck,

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) — A group of strangers banded together in Daytona Beach after they witnessed a wreck, and they may have helped save a life. The good Samaritans’ show of heroism happened after two SUVs collided at the busy intersection of International Speedway Boulevard and Fentress Boulevard, just after 12:30 p.m., Tuesday. A driver was attempting to make a turn when their SUV was struck. The impact left the SUV on its side. But just as quickly as

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – A grieving family is desperate for answers after, police said, their parents were shot and killed inside a Fort Lauderdale home. Speaking with 7News on Wednesday, Tonya Mitchell said she had to see her parents, Major and Claudette Melvin, in a funeral home. “I got a chance to see to see them today. They look like they’re just sleeping, but it’s the worst thing that a person could ever imagine,” she said. Mitchell raced to

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) – A high-speed pursuit ended in three arrests after a young driver crashed into a Miami Gardens home. The incident unfolded around 10:45 p.m. Monday when Florida Highway Patrol troopers noticed a blue Hyundai Elantra driving recklessly in the area of Northwest 17th Avenue and Northwest 170th Street in Miami Gardens. A trooper tried bringing the vehicle to a halt by activating their emergency lights and siren to initiate a traffic stop. That was when the

SOUTH MIAMI, FLA. (WSVN) – A caretaker has been arrested after, police said, she abused and hit an elderly woman under her care at a South Florida senior living facility. Miami-Dade Police responded on Tuesday to the Good Family Home, located along the 6800 block of Southwest 79th Terrace in South Miami. According to police, the victim’s granddaughter told them her 84-year-old grandmother, who has Alzheimer’s, was “abused and physically beaten by her caretaker,” who has been identified as 77-year-old

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A 25-year-old motorcyclist died Wednesday morning after a crash in St. Johns County. The Florida Highway Patrol said the motorcyclist was heading north on U.S. Highway 1 when an 81-year-old St. Augustine man in an SUV failed to yield to the motorcycle as he turned left onto Nix Boat Yard Road. ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A 25-year-old motorcyclist died Wednesday morning after a crash in St. Johns County. The Florida Highway Patrol said the motorcyclist was

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) -The Florida Highway Patrol says a man was killed in a crash in Walton County, Wednesday morning. According to troopers, the accident happened on State Road 83 near Cat Island Road just before 6 a.m. Law enforcement says the driver of a Toyota Tundra made an improper left turn failing to yield to another truck causing a crash. The driver of the tundra was treated on the scene for minor injuries. FHP said the driver of