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Photo by: WPTV – Staff Boca Raton Police evacuated the Town Center Mall after receiving a threatening phone call just after 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon. According to police, the caller advised they were parked on the north side of the parking lot with guns and bombs, and the desire to kill. The city’s bomb team was called on scene for the investigation and the mall was prompted to evacuate at around 5 p.m. Police said the car that was a

A stolen burgundy Chevrolet Groove struck a line of tall and dense privacy hedges, as two teenagers tried to get away from police officers and failed on Sunday morning in Miami-Dade County. Attorney Hector Villamar lives where Meridian Avenue is closed between Barry Street and West 39 Street, steps away from the St. Patrick Catholic Church and a private school in Miami Beach. “We have lived here a long time, and once in a while somebody will come speeding down

Credit: UC Breaking One person was transported to the hospital for evaluation after their vehicle ended up in a canal. According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, authorities responded to a vehicle in a canal near 39th St. SW in Golden Gate in the evening hours of Saturday. No road blockages were required and there are no reported injuries at this time. The driver was transported to the hospital for evaluation. Deputies are investigating how the vehicle ended up in the

Photo by: FDOT A major crash with injuries on I-95 North in Lake Worth Beach is slowing down Monday morning traffic. Florida 511 reported a crash at around 6 a.m. on I-95 North at Exit 64, 10th Avenue North. According to Florida 511’s latest update, the crash was cleared. The Florida Highway Patrol noted that the crash involved injuries. Personalized Legal Strategies for Car Accident CasesEvery car accident case is unique, and Ovadia Law Group understands the importance of creating

The Daytona Beach Police Department is investigating after a man was shot during an altercation Sunday morning. According to police, officers responded to a 911 call reporting a shooting around 7:45 a.m. Sunday on Madison Avenue in Daytona Beach. Officers found a man suffering from an apparent gunshot to the head. A nearby man approached the officers and identified himself as the person who called 911 and had shot the man. The caller told police that the victim had attacked

Photo by: WESH 2 News A person was hospitalized after a shooting was reported in Orlando on Saturday, according to the Orlando Police Department. Police officers responded to the 5500 block of Caurus Court in regards to a shooting. Upon arrival, they found an injured victim. The victim was transported to the hospital, according to police. According to officers, a suspect, identified as 42-year-oldDymon Brizan, has been located and arrested. There are no details of what prompted the incident. This

Photo by: WFTV staff Fire badly damaged a home near Orlando early Monday. Around 3:30 a.m., firefighters rushed to the house along Fernhill Drive in Orange County’s Pine Hills neighborhood. Channel 9 watched as smoke poured from the home. Officials said the eight people who live there — five adults and three children — got out safely and no one was hurt. The American Red Cross is helping the displaced occupants. At this point, it is unclear what started the

Two women and a man died after a crash that prompted the Florida Highway Patrol to close Interstate 595 early Saturday morning in Broward County. FHP troopers and Davie Fire Rescue personnel responded to the “major” crash between a 2017 BMW AG and a 2020 Hyundai Accent shortly before 4:20 a.m., along the eastbound lanes of I-595, west of the exit to Interstate 95 southbound, in Dania Beach. According to Lt. Indiana Miranda, a spokeswoman for FHP, the 63-year-old man

Police officers surrounded an apartment complex early Sunday morning in Opa-locka. The crime scene tape blocked the entrance to the Cordoba Courts complex at Northwest 139 Street near 22 Avenue. Miami-Dade fire rescue personnel also responded at 13875 NW 22 Ave. According to the Opa-locka Police Department, police officers responded to apartment 262 and found a wounded man who had been shot. He was at Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center. His condition was serious, police said. Homicide detectives were in

St. Petersburg Police arrested a man for allegedly killing his girlfriend after her body was found near a dumpster. Daniel Coley, 41, was charged with second-degree murder for killing 40-year-old Amanda Browning, according to a news release. Browning’s body was found Saturday morning near a dumpster in the 3800 block of 15th Avenue North. Police said there were visible stab and cut wounds.  During the investigation, evidence led detectives to have probable cause to arrest Coley, whom Browning shared an apartment with,

A teenage boy is dead after a fight escalated to a shooting Saturday night outside a Red Robin at the Citrus Park Town Center Mall, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. The shooting happened around 7:16 p.m. when deputies received reports of shots fired outside of the mall, the agency said. Deputies reportedly arrived to find the teen with a gunshot wound to his upper body. The minor was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he

Four people are dead after their car crashed on I-75 in Collier County, Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release. The crash happened Saturday around 6:22 a.m. near mile marker 110, FHP said. The car was reportedly traveling south on I-75 on the center lane before it lost control. The driver attempted to change lanes before the car drifted into the grass median and struck a tree, splitting it in two, according to the agency. Of the five people