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Six people were displaced from their homes after a fire erupted early Tuesday morning inside a quadruplex in Pompano Beach, a city spokesperson confirmed in a news release. According to the spokesperson, the fire was reported at about 3:15 a.m. in the 300 block of Northwest Fifth Street. City officials said 14 adults were inside the building’s four units when the fire erupted. “One adult male suffered a laceration after jumping from a window to escape the flames, while another

A woman was arrested after allegedly shattering her boyfriend’s windshield and hitting him in the head with a brick, landing him at the hospital in The Villages. A deputy responded to a physical altercation between 29-year-old M and her boyfriend of five years at their Summerfield home around 7:40 a.m. Saturday, according to an arrest report from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. Law enforcement arrived to find the boyfriend sitting on a bench in the front yard. He had a

An individual was struck and killed by a train on Monday. According to the West Palm Beach Police Department, at around 8 p.m. officers responded to a crash on Mercer Avenue. Upon arrival, officers found an individual on the tracks who was suffering from fatal injuries. Holding Negligent Parties Accountable After a Train CrashWhen a train accident is caused by negligence, victims deserve justice. Ovadia Law Group is dedicated to holding responsible parties accountable and helping you recover from your

Miami Gardens police arrested a 27-year-old man who was accused of threatening a delivery driver with a machete. Officers took J into custody on Friday along the 900 block of Northwest 196th Terrace. According to authorities, an Amazon driver was attempting to deliver a package when J came out of the home next door and threw a machete in her direction. Police said J then picked up the machete, “raising it as if he intended to strike her with it,”

A North Miami man was arrested Sunday after police said he chased an acquaintance with a machete and struck him multiple times during an argument, leaving the victim seriously injured and bleeding heavily. A, 31, faces a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon following the attack near Northeast 142nd Street and Northeast Sixth Avenue in North Miami, according to an arrest affidavit. Police said the incident happened around 4 p.m. Sunday after a verbal argument broke out in

A Miami woman faces a felony charge of driving under the influence after, authorities said, she struck a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputy with her car, causing serious injuries that required multiple surgeries. J, 28, turned herself in on Sunday and was charged with DUI causing serious bodily injury, a third-degree felony. On Monday, a Miami-Dade courtroom was filled with family members of the deputy, as Circuit Court Judge G read the charges that the suspect is facing. “Struck an officer

A driver is dead after crashing in the HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital parking lot while having a medical emergency. The crash happened Friday around 7:45 p.m. According to FHP, a a 61-year-old Fort Walton Beach man was traveling in the parking lot in his pickup truck when he crashed into a truck that was in a legal parking space. “The driver was having a medical emergency at the time of the crash,’ FHP says in a release. “He was