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 A 54-year-old man arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after crashing into a building in Palm Coast died early Friday after being booked into the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies responding Thursday morning to a single-vehicle crash at the intersection of Corporate Drive North and Palm Coast Parkway found the driver, identified as VV of Palm Coast, told them he had driven over a curb into bushes and struck the building, the

A suspect has been arrested in the hit-and-run in Fort Lauderdale earlier this week that left a grandfather dead, police said Friday. TLM, 25, was arrested Thursday on charges including leaving the scene of a crash involving death, Fort Lauderdale Police officials said. The victim, 70-year-old Johnnie Lee Davis, was struck and killed around 8 p.m. Monday on West Sunrise Boulevard near Northwest 5th Avenue, police said. Surveillance video showed Davis being struck by a vehicle, which police said was a white

Police arrested a man who they said is accused of slashing another man on South Beach late last year. Officers with the Miami Beach Police Department said the victim was taking a walk on the beach near the 1700 block of Collins Avenue when he sat near a closed lifeguard tower. He was then approached by 24-year-old JDG, who asked for a cigarette. When the victim replied that he did not smoke, G asked if he could borrow his cellphone,

Photo by: Pasco County Fire Rescue Officials warned of lithium-ion battery dangers on Friday after a Dade City home suffered heavy fire damage Wednesday in the early morning. Pasco County Fire Rescue (PCFR) crews worked to clear the house fire that occurred at about 3 a.m. on Jan. 7, when they arrived to find the home ablaze on Colwell Court. Investigators ruled the fire was accidental, caused by lithium‑ion batteries that malfunctioned and ignited nearby materials. PCFR issued the following

A late-night argument between two women escalated into gunfire inside a Boynton Beach apartment, leaving one woman shot and triggering a multi-agency search for a missing child, according to police. JTG, 26, surrendered to the Boynton Beach Police Department on Thursday, hours after investigators say she shot 26-year-old La’Shay Lee during a physical altercation. G is charged with aggravated battery with a firearm and shooting into an occupied dwelling. She is being held at the Palm Beach County Jail on a $100,000

 One person was injured Friday in a two-vehicle crash in Sumter County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened on Interstate 75 at E. County Road 462. Traffic cameras showed a medical chopper responding to the scene. Troopers said the crash caused one vehicle to roll over. The injury was non-life-threatening, and there was no roadblock. This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Personalized Legal Representation Every car accident case is unique, and at Ovadia Law

 A 26-year-old Miami-Dade mother is facing multiple child abuse charges after deputies said her 7-month-old son was found with a spinal fracture and broken bones in his legs while under her care. Deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said the infant was taken to Holtz Children’s Hospital on Dec. 11 for left leg pain. Medical staff conducted tests and discovered a spinal fracture to the child’s left femur, along with fractures to his left and right tibia, according to an

A 51-year-old Pensacola man is charged for a fatal stabbing in Escambia County late Thursday night. HS was arrested Friday morning on a homicide charge. The incident happened in the 100 block of Moreno Court. According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, deputies located a male with multiple stab wounds to the neck and abdomen and transported him to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. Deputies say neighbors reported hearing yelling and a fist fight that eventually led

Photo by WJXT News4JAX  A man died in a boating accident on Crescent Lake Friday morning, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission told News4JAX. According to Putnam County Fire Rescue Professionals Local 3529, multiple people were transported to a hospital following the accident. The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said the accident happened near Bear Island around 6:42 a.m. Firefighters said units were responding to the scene of the accident. A person called 911 and said they heard people yelling

11 people went to the hospital Thursday morning after a hazmat incident at Port Panama City’s East Terminal. Crews had completed the unloading of bagged cement from the “Lowlands Luck” around 9 a.m. on Thursday and were beginning to clean up the ship. But the cleaning chemical they were using mixed with the cement residue, forming muriatic acid. “The muriatic acid reacted with the byproduct of what they had taken out of the hold, created a gas, an off gas

Rescue crews took one person to the hospital following a reported overnight shooting that led police to surround a high-rise in Hollywood. Hollywood Police officers responded to the condominium building along the 2100 block of Van Buren Street, just before 2:30 a.m. on Friday. Responding officers arrived to find the victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Paramedics transported the patient to Memorial Regional Hospital for treatment Their injury was not life-threatening. Back at the high-rise, officers were seen with

TV20 obtained the arrest report after officers took a suspected shooter into custody, accused of killing a man in what the Ocala Police Department called a random act of violence. On Thursday, TV20 learned that the suspect, IT, has pleaded not guilty to the following charges. According to the report, a neighbor called 911 to report a suspicious person, later identified as IT, 29, walking on Southeast Third Street, in Ocala’s historic district. The caller reported seeing T chamber a