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Dramatic video captured the moment a mother grabbed her 1-year-old daughter from a witness who saw the child fall out of a moving car in Hialeah, in an incident that led to a missing child alert before the girl was found safe. The bizarre incident unfolded Thursday night when Hialeah Police said the little girl, who was a passenger in her mother’s car, somehow fell out. A concerned witness “who observed the child alone, crying, and appearing injured, immediately intervened,”

 A Bristol Florida woman is in custody and being charged with DUI manslaughter after a traffic crash on Highway 98 in Panama City. According to the Bay County Police Department, Kourtney Sage Hofheinz was driving westbound on Highway 98 in the area of West 15th Street when she collided head-on with another driver in the eastbound lane. The other driver died on the scene. Officials said a witness approached the vehicle after the accident and found the defendant under the

Police arrested a Miami man Thursday after they said he inflicted severe abuse upon his 70-year-old father at least twice. Richard Louis Davis Jr., 46, of Liberty City, is facing two first-degree felony charges of aggravated abuse of an elderly or disabled adult. According to an arrest report from the Miami Police Department, its detectives’ investigation began Wednesday after the Florida Department of Children and Families assigned the elder abuse case to MPD. Detectives went to a northwest Miami-Dade rehabilitation

One man was found dead and another was injured after the victims were found at separate locations Thursday night in Palm Beach County, deputies said. The sheriff’s office said deputies were dispatched to “multiple reports of gunfire” near Melaleuca Lane and Davis Road at 9:45 p.m. When they arrived at the 4600 block of Davis Road, they discovered a man with a gunshot wound to his leg. Other reports led them to the 3500 block of Melaleuca Lane where a

Two 19-year-olds have been arrested following a fatal gang-related shootout that occurred over the summer in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, authorities confirmed. According to their arrest reports, Symarri Williams, of Miami Gardens, and Sheldred Johnson, of Miami, were both taken into custody Thursday after warrants were issued for their arrests. They each face charges of second-degree murder. According to the warrants, officers responded to the area of Northwest Second Avenue and 52nd Street just after 6:45 p.m. on July 1

State Road 82 is closed in both directions at the intersection of Harcourt Avenue due to a multi-vehicle crash with injuries and one fatality. The crash happened Friday afternoon, just before 2 p.m. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said that traffic in this area will be impacted for an unknown amount of time. The Florida Highway Patrol said that drivers should find alternate routes. Expert Legal Representation for Car Accident Victims Car accidents can leave you dealing with serious injuries, vehicle

A Vice Principal and teacher at a Tampa middle school were arrested in connection to a child abuse investigation after a video showed the teacher put a child in a chokehold, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. On Jan. 18, officials said 39-year-old Bennie Leverett, a teacher at Progress Village Middle School, put a student in a chokehold, “restricting the student’s ability to breathe.” The Vice Principal, 41-year-old Tashiska Fabian, reportedly met with Leverett and the student after she

An accident on Back Beach Road caused traffic near Duplin Winery on Friday. According to the Bay County Traffic Management Center, the accident occurred in the eastbound lane on Panama City Beach Parkway @ North Glades Trail. The westbound lanes are blocked at Moylan Road and eastbound traffic is blocked at R Jackson Blvd. Emergence personnel is on the scene, officials said. Protecting Your Rights After a Car Accident After a car accident, navigating the legal system can be stressful

A double-shooting that killed one man and left another injured is under investigation in unincorporated Lake Worth. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) said on Thursday at 9:45 p.m., deputies responded to several reports of shots fired near the intersection of Melaleuca Lane and Davis Road. When deputies arrived at the scene, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg along Davis Road. Following more leads, the sheriff’s office said deputies then came across the

Photo by: local10 City of Miami firefighters responded to an apartment building Friday morning after flames erupted inside a unit. According to Lt. Pete Sanchez, the fire was reported just after 10 a.m. at 8450 NE Miami Ct. “On arrival, crews found a two-story residential garden style apartment complex with heavy smoke and flames showing from the first floor,” Sanchez said in an email to Local 10 News. “Immediately, the incident was upgraded to a Code 1 working fire dispatching

A deadly crash shut down a portion of the Palmetto Expressway in Miami Gardens late Friday morning into the afternoon hours. According to MDFR dispatch records, units responded to the scene, near Northwest 15th Avenue, just after 11:30 a.m. Authorities soon shut down the eastbound lanes of the highway just west of the Golden Glades interchange. Video from Sky 10 shows the Honda Accord sedan with side damage and a yellow tarp, along with Florida Highway Patrol troopers and Miami

Photo by: winknews A crash with injuries involving three vehicles, one of which was an oil tanker, has been cleared in Cape Coral. The crash was reported at around 9:30 a.m. on Friday and was located near Northeast 10th Place and Northeast Pine Island Road. Cape Coral Police Department said that they believe no serious injuries were involved. Initial reporting of the scene showed two vehicles with damage on the driver’s and front portions of the vehicles. According to the Florida Department