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Two families are seeking justice, as they prepare for their first holiday season without their loved ones. They’re suing an international corporation, which is based in Boca Raton and operates prisons across the United States. A Ga, 34, died in July. His mother said she didn’t find out until two days after his death. “They called me on the fifth and [said] he had died on the third,” C G said Tuesday. “I had no knowledge that my son had

A 69-year-old woman has been accused of negligent manslaughter after accidentally shooting her roommate while showing off a gun she believed was unloaded. The West Palm Beach Police Department (WPBPD) stated that on May 16 at 9:18 p.m., S R had called 911. The probable cause affidavit states that during the phone call, R told the call taker, “I accidentally shot my roommate!” She continued to state, “I was showing my roommate my gun, I thought it was unloaded because

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested B K after he reportedly ran from a crash on Nalle Grade Road in North Fort Myers Saturday night. LCSO said K then went into a yard along Williams Drive and tried to steal a four-wheeler. “I was sleeping that night when the family called me and told me he was driving up the property, and he saw him try to steal the four-wheeler,” said D D, who was working on the four-wheeler for

A crash involving five vehicles early Wednesday is creating heavy delays on Interstate 4 in Volusia County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The wreck happened around 4:50 a.m. in the westbound lanes near mile marker 112 near Saxon Boulevard. The FHP said the crash involved two semitrucks and three vehicles. As of 7 a.m., the outside westbound lane is blocked but the inside and center lanes are open. Four people were taken to the hospital, but the extent of

Police are investigating after a child was struck by a car in North Miami. It happened Tuesday afternoon along the 800 block of Northeast 138th Street. Officers and first responders rushed to the scene after loved ones called 911. The victim is a 5-year-old boy, according to family members. He was taken to a nearby hospital as a precaution as police said the boy had no visible injuries. Local 10 News has learned the child was in the neighborhood visiting

A 14-year-old has tragically died five days after a crash with a truck at a Palm Beach Gardens intersection. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) crash report states that on November 20, at around 5:30 p.m., the teen was riding an unregistered dirt bike and traveling westbound on Hood Road when he approached the intersection with Eastpointe Boulevard. According to PBSO, simultaneously, a Toyota Tacoma was headed eastbound on Hood Road and attempted to make a left turn onto

A head-on collision involving two semi-trucks in Hamilton County early Tuesday morning left one driver dead and the other driver in critical condition, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The incident unfolded around 3:45 a.m. Tuesday at US Highway 129 near NW 86th Avenue in Hamilton County, according to FHP’s press release. The state agency did not say how the crash happened. The driver of one of the semi-trucks was transported to Shands Live Oak where FHP said he was pronounced

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal accident involving a 14-year-old boy in Southwest Miami-Dade on Tuesday evening. It happened near the intersection of SW 234 Street and 112th Avenue. Authorities said a black Audi was traveling north on SW 112th Avenue when the teenager attempted to cross the street and was struck. FHP Lieutenant Alex Camacho said the driver of the Audi remained at the scene.    CBS News Miami has learned the boy had been walking in the median with his

 Two people are dead after shots were fired overnight at a luxury high-rise condo on Hallandale Beach. “33 just occurred at La Mer apartments, 1830 South Ocean Drive. Six to seven shots fired. He sees two people on the floor,” was heard over the Broadcastify police scanner. The calls for help came in just after midnight at one of the buildings of The Beach Club off State Road A1A and Hallandale Beach Boulevard. “The shots were heard in unit number

A motorcyclist died on Tuesday after a crash with a pickup truck, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. Police say the motorcycle was driving eastbound on Argyle Forest Blvd. as a Ford pickup truck was leaving Spencer Trace Dr. The pickup truck driver pulled out in front of the motorcycle, which collided with the driver’s side, JSO said. The motorcyclist died on the scene. This is the 138th traffic fatality in Duval County this year and the 25th involving a motorcyclist,

Credit: UC Breaking The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting that injured one in a neighborhood in Tice. Deputies, K-9 units, and a helicopter swarmed the neighborhood on Tillman Drive early Wednesday. WINK News contacted the Lee County Sheriff’s Office for more information regarding this scene. The LCSO public information officer responded to our reporters, confirming that a shooting had occurred. According to deputies, one man was shot in the arm and was transported to a local hospital for treatment.

A 34-year-old woman faces several charges, including DUI manslaughter, two months after a crash that claimed the life of her 4-year-old daughter, according to the Apopka Police Department. Police said that C S was the driver in the single-vehicle crash on Sept. 22 that killed her daughter and caused serious injuries to another child in the vehicle. The crash happened around 1 p.m. before mile marker 35, near Yothers Road. According to Apopka police, after a “comprehensive investigation,” they obtained arrest warrants