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An early morning house fire in Panama City destroyed one apartment and damaged a second. Panama City Police and Panama City Firefighters arrived at the home on Lake Avenue to find the front apartment completely engulfed in flames and an apartment behind it getting a lot of smoke and heat damage. Police were told by bystanders that the couple who owned the apartments were not home at the time and were renovating the front apartment. The couple did tell friends

photo by: mypanhandle On Sunday afternoon, South Walton Fire District firefighters responded to a residential structure fire in Santa Rosa Beach. Officials said a 911 call reported the incident to dispatchers stating a house was on fire near the Indian Woman Road area. When firefighters arrived, they found the front of a mobile home on fire. SWFD and the State Fire Marshal’s Office conducted an investigation into the cause of the fire. Authorities said the cause remains undetermined at this

Credit: UC Breaking The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a crash in downtown Fort Myers on Fowler Street. According to authorities, LCSO detectives are conducting a traffic investigation for a crash that ended on Fowler St. between First and Second Street early Sunday. One person was transported to the hospital with injuries. LCSO has confirmed this investigation remains ongoing. Navigating the aftermath of a car accident can be daunting, but Ovadia Law Group is here to make the process easier for you. Our

 A stretch of Commerce Avenue was blocked off and drivers asked to avoid the area after a vehicle collided with a train. In a post, the police department advised drivers to stay away from westbound 20th Place at Commerce Avenue, and the intersection where the latter meets with 21st Street. Few details about the incident have been released. The police department did not indicate if anyone was injured. At Ovadia Law Group, we understand the catastrophic impact a train accident

 A Miami Beach police officer was arrested in Homestead last week following allegations of domestic battery, authorities confirmed Monday. J B, 30, who has been employed with the Miami Beach Police Department since 2019, was arrested after a Dec. 20 incident in which he pushed his girlfriend of three years, causing her to fall and sustain a cut to her left forearm, according to an arrest report obtained by Local 10 News. Authorities said Homestead police officers responded to the

In a wild and violent chain of events Sunday, a Key Largo man being arrested for attempted murder stole a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office sergeant’s patrol cruiser, drove away and then stopped a woman and carjacked her SUV, later wrecking it on U.S. 1, according to the agency. Authorities said that came after suspect A L first tried to steal the sergeant’s gun. The 52-year-old is now facing more than a dozen felonies, including carjacking, burglary, impersonating an officer and

Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrested a southwest Miami-Dade woman Friday in connection with a fatal crash on Florida’s Turnpike over the summer just north of Cutler Bay. Troopers said Q S, 31, was driving drunk at 110 mph when she killed Y R, who had just turned 50 less than two weeks before the June 23 early-morning crash. It happened, authorities said, about a mile north of Caribbean Boulevard. An arrest report states that S was driving a Mazda CX-5 just before

photo by: UC Breaking News Traffic is back to normal after Cape Coral police shut down lanes on Pine Island Road near Cultural Park Boulevard on Sunday night. A white pickup truck crashed into a power pole around 9 p.m. The truck was damaged, and the front bumper nearly ripped off. NBC2 is working to learn what led up to this crash and the condition of the driver. The truck was eventually towed from the scene. At Ovadia Law Group,

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office has identified a driver and vehicle that is believed to be involved in a fatal hit and run. The sheriff identified the vehicle that killed the 60-year-old Robert Elsmore as a 2000 Honda Odyssey. Elsmore was pushing a wheelchair near the center of the roadway in the area of the 6000 block of Old Congress Avenue Saturday morning when he was hit. At Ovadia Law Group, we believe that no one should have to

 A young boy was rushed to the hospital Saturday night after multiple drones unexpectedly fell from the sky during downtown Orlando’s holiday drone show. The 7-year-old boy’s mother, A E, told NBC affiliate WESH that she and her family were watching the show at Lake Eola when one of the falling drones struck her son in the chest. “Everyone’s natural instinct was to duck and scatter, and before we realized it, my daughter found my son on the floor unconscious,” E told

A 28-year-old Naples man is dead after a crash in Collier County Sunday night. According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened at Collier Boulevard and Hacienda Lakes Parkway around 8 p.m. The Florida Highway Patrol states a pedestrian was struck by a sedan while walking along the outside lane of northbound Collier Boulevard. FHP states the front of the car crashed into the man. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Northbound Collier was shut down. The

photo by: (WCJB) One person is in the hospital after a crash in Cross Creek early Monday morning. According to Alachua County Fire Rescue, the Cross Creek Fire Department and Alachua County Fire Rescue responded to a single-vehicle crash on County Road 325 just after 5:15 a.m. Crews found a pickup truck that rolled over several times. One person was trapped in the pickup. Firefighters used the jaws of life to safely pull the person out. The person was taken