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A DeBary yorkie is dead after police say it was attacked by a pit bull Wednesday morning. R. B. saw it all happen and tried to save his neighbor’s dog. “We started yelling at the top of our lungs,” B said. “Somebody, please help us.” B said he was crying for help after a pit bull escaped from a nearby home and attacked his neighbor’s Yorkshire terrier, C. Before B stepped in to help, he saw his neighbor M trying

The Martin County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in the search for the man who attacked an 81-year-old man in his home earlier this month. The incident happened Nov. 3 at around 10 p.m. According to a case report, the victim told investigators that an unidentified man entered his home through the back door while he was sleeping and was alerted by his security camera that there was movement in the home. Surveillance video showed the man

A high school band member and his mother are being remembered after police said the two were killed in a car crash Monday morning. The teen was identified by Rickards High School Raiders Athletics department. He and his mother were killed in a crash just before 9 a.m. Police said the crash occurred after a pickup truck was traveling east on East Tennessee Street before losing control and going over the median. The truck then hit a sedan occupied by

A woman walking on a road in Marion County was fatally struck early Thursday by a van, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 5 a.m. on County Road 25, east of SE 84th Terrace, troopers said. According to an FHP crash report, the van was traveling in a southeasterly direction on CR 25 while the pedestrian — a 41-year-old Belleview woman — was walking in the road’s eastbound lane. The front of the van then struck

A man died and another man is in custody after a shooting early Thursday, according to the Zephyrhills Police Department. Officers responded shortly after midnight along Steer Blade Drive, police said. The 40-year-old victim was rushed to the hospital, but did not survive. Police did not release his name. Investigators arrested M. F., on a manslaughter charge. Police described the shooting as an isolated incident. Expert Legal Advocacy for Shooting VictimsBeing involved in a shooting can have devastating effects, leaving victims grappling

A New Port Richey woman is facing multiple charges after she allegedly used her vehicle to assault a man during a domestic dispute on Stock Island early Wednesday morning, authorities confirmed Thursday. Deputies with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said they arrested A. S., 30, after responding to reports of a violent altercation involving a vehicle on Shrimp Road at approximately 12:15 a.m. Authorities said they were alerted to the scene following reports that S. had attempted to strike a

A Nassau County School District bus was involved in a crash on US-1 Wednesday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the crash happened around 3:11 p.m. on US-1 southbound and Jackson Lane. A crash report states that the school bus was stopped in the right lane with its lights on when a white SUV crashed into the back of the bus. The driver of the SUV, a 41-year-old Fernandina Beach man, was taken to the hospital with

 A 62-year-old doctor is behind bars after authorities said he was responsible for killing a man in a hit-and-run crash on Oct. 12. At 7:35 p.m. on that day, Dr. Gwyn Crump Jr. hit 53-year-old Richard Taylor while he was in a wheelchair on East 124th Avenue in Tampa, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said. Crump did not stop his car and continued to drive away from the area. Deputies said Taylor was taken to AdventHealth Fletcher where he later

Photo by: Polk County Sheriff’s Office A man died Wednesday morning after deputies say he tried to climb a dump truck that was driving down a Lakeland road. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said they received 911 calls about the 56-year-old man running in and out of traffic and waving his arms at drivers. The City of Lakeland Waste Management dump truck, which had been stopped at a red light at Reynolds Road and Highway 92 East, was beginning to

photo by: Santa Rosa County Jail A 50-year-old Gulf Breeze man crashed into a house overnight on Thursday, according to FHP. Troopers say around 12:30 a.m., they determined Todd Andrew Leasure had driven off the road way and through a front yard on Forrest Bay Avenue, eventually colliding into a front door or garage door area in Gulf Breeze. No injuries were reported by Leasure or the homeowner, who was home at the time of the collision, according to FHP.

Editor’s note (Nov. 14, 2024 at 10:06 a.m. EST): This article has been updated to reflect that the shooting occurred in a roadway, not at a Florida City hotel as previously reported. A man has died after he was found shot on a sidewalk near a hotel in Florida City on Thursday morning, authorities said. Florida City Police officials said the incident began when they received a gunshot detection alert around 7:40 a.m. in the area of Palm Drive and

 A man was taken to the hospital after Jacksonville police said he was shot in the hand early Thursday in the 6000 block of Roosevelt Boulevard. Police said the victim, who’s in his 20s, was walking at a nearby apartment complex at about 2:15 a.m. when he was approached by two men. Police said the two men robbed the victim and shot him in the hand. The victim went to a nearby gas station for help. Police believe there was