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A pickup truck, which had a trailer loaded with bagged cement, crashed into a guardrail on I-75 in Temple Terrace Friday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The cement reportedly spread across all three northbound lanes on the highway, causing all lanes between the exits to I-4 and Fowler Avenue to shut down. Traffic had to get by on the inside shoulder. However, FHP said all lanes reopened just before 1 p.m. At Ovadia Law Group, we understand the severe

A vehicle was driven into a Broward County business on Friday. It happened along the 6400 block of West Commercial Boulevard in Lauderhill. According to police, the driver thought their car was in reverse when it was actually in drive. The vehicle damaged the storefront of a Tire Kingdom, breaking several windows. No injuries were reported. Police did not say whether the driver will be facing any charges or citations. At Ovadia Law Group, we understand the stress and confusion

Deputies are investigating a murder-suicide after a 44-year-old father shot and killed his 5-year-old son, then himself, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. HCSO said deputies were called to the home off Cranbrook Drive in Lutz shortly at 7:30 Friday morning after the man’s estranged wife, who is the child’s mother, called 911. She told deputies she was there to pick up her son, but no one answered the door. The bodies were found in the home later Friday morning, deputies

A Leesburg man was arrested for battery after allegedly striking another patient in the face at a mental health clinic. An officer was dispatched to Life Stream Behavioral Center, located at 2020 Tally Rd., around 3:44 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 21, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg Police Department. His response was in regard to a physical altercation between two male patients, one of which was later identified as 32-year-old Man. Upon arrival, the officer met with an

One person was transported to the hospital after they were shot in Fort Lauderdale. Fort Lauderdale Police arrived at the scene near the 1000 block of Northwest 53rd Street, Friday morning. According to police, officers were not able to locate the victim when they arrived at the scene. During their investigation, officers located the victim at Holy Cross Health, located at 4725 N. Federal Highway, the victim, a male, was then transported to the Broward Health Medical Center as a

Police were called to a local Wawa after a romantic rendezvous turned violent. “Multiple” 911 calls were received at about 11:30 p.m. Monday leading officers to the Wawa at County Road 466 and U.S. Hwy. 27/441. The boyfriend of 32-year-old C D of Lady Lake told police he had picked up D on Friday “to have sexual intercourse at his residence,” according to an arrest report from the Lady Lake Police Department. D stayed at his home until Monday night.

More than a week after a man was found shot to death near an access road, Clearwater police have arrested his coworker on a murder charge. Investigators say Marvin Dodson IV, 36, killed Everton Dove, 38, and left his body near an access road off U.S. 19, north of Countryside Blvd. Dove’s body was found shortly after 7 a.m. on Nov. 17. According to police, Dodson and Dove were last together after work prior to the shooting. Dodson was booked into the Pinellas

A man was killed after crashing into a car while riding his motorcycle Thursday night, according to Florida Highway Patrol. It happened just after 4 p.m. in Hernando County. FHP said a 44-year-old Brooksville man driving a Chevy Equinox was going eastbound on Ayers Road and started to turn left at the intersection of US 41. At the same time, a 45-year-old Spring Hill man, who was driving a Honda motorcycle, was traveling westbound on Ayers Road. That’s when he struck

A 63-year old man is dead in Palatka after turning into another car and being ejected from his seat. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say that at around 7:30 Thursday night, the 63-year old was stopped at the stop sign on Cracker Swamp Road when he began to turn into the path of a second vehicle that was traveling south on State Road 207. As he was turning, the 63-year old man entered into the lane of the 2nd vehicle when