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A man on a motorcycle died after he was struck by a stolen car driven by a teen who investigators believe was speeding and ran a red light in Miami early Tuesday, officials said. Miami Police said it happened just after 2 a.m. in the area of Northwest 20th Street and Northwest 7th Avenue, a busy intersection in the heart of the city near Jackson Memorial Hospital. The motorcycle rider, 34-year-old John Koontz, was struck by a red Kia Soul,

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — A 28-year-old Port St. Lucie woman is accused of battering multiple Dave and Buster’s employees and punching an officer after being asked to leave. On Thursday, Port St. Lucie Police officers say they responded to Dave and Buster’s on SW Gatlin Blvd. where an employee directed them to an allegedly drunk disorderly woman, later identified as Sarah Works. “She just punched my manager,” the employee shouted at police while pointing. Officers say they attempted to

SPRING HILL, Fla. (WFLA)— The Brian’s Place restaurant in Hernando Beach will be closed until repairs are completed after catching fire Tuesday morning. On Tuesday around 3:30 a.m., the Hernando County Fire Rescue responded to the restaurant with reports of a fire. When HCFR arrived they found fire coming from the side of the building, and an aggressive fire attack was initiated. According to HCFR, the flames were quickly knocked down, and there was limited damage to the outside wall

A Marion County woman is facing misdemeanor charges after she was accused of tattooing her neighbor’s 11-year-old daughter. On Thursday, January 2, the child’s mother contacted the Marion County Sheriff’s Office to report that her child had been tattooed by her neighbor, 33-year-old Lauren Christina Halley, according to the arrest report. The mother advised that she had left her 11-year-old child with her boyfriend at their residence in Fort McCoy while she went to a doctor’s appointment. The report stated

Florida Highway Patrol is currently leading the investigation, Tampa Fire Rescue said. TAMPA, Fla. — A serious crash on I-4 has sent four people to the hospital, according to Tampa Fire Rescue. Little is known about the crash at this time, but Tampa Fire Rescue shared that it happened between mile markers 3 and 4. The crash reportedly involved a car flipping over. One of the people hospitalized was admitted as a trauma alert, crews said. Right now, Florida Highway

MDSO: Julia Vega, 72, was nearly twice legal limit and on Xanax on New Year’s Eve HIALEAH GARDENS, Fla. – Authorities arrested a senior exactly one month after a deadly New Year’s Eve crash at her Hialeah Gardens condominium complex. Investigators said she was drunk behind the wheel when she drove into a lake, killing her passenger. Julia Vega, 72, was taken into custody on a DUI manslaughter charge at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Friday. According to the

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — Police said they have charged a man with attempted murder following a stabbing in Kissimmee. Investigators said they believe Luis Rafael Lugo, 19, stabbed his father with a large kitchen knife at their Creekmont Lane home early Saturday morning. According to a charging affidavit, Lugo stabbed his father in the neck and back seven times. After talking to witnesses and collecting evidence, detectives decided to charge Lugo with attempted first degree murder. Lugo was booked into

FHP said the man believed to be the driver was at work while his wife was the one behind the wheel COLUMBIA COUNTY, Fla. – Florida Highway Patrol has arrested a second person in connection to the hit-and-run in Columbia County that killed an 8-year-old girl from Lake City after learning that the man believed to be the driver was at work while his wife was the one behind the wheel. FHP said Kenia Gonzalez and her husband, Julio Cesar Marquez, who was

photo by: Fox4Now FORT MYERS, Fla. — A man was trauma-alerted to the hospital Monday morning after Tice firefighters say a “flash fire” may have occurred while working on a boat. Around 11:10 a.m. Monday, crews responded to a home on Pangola Drive near Luckett Road. For unknown reasons, the Tice battalion chief says a “flash fire” may have occurred. That’s when a sudden fire sparks when a flammable substance mixes with oxygen and ignites. The man was sent to