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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 31-year-old man has been accused in the death of a 20-year-old Jacksonville woman, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. On Nov. 4, 2023, JSO responded to a battery with injuries call on North Pearl Street in the Tallulah/North Shore neighborhood. That’s where officers found Veronica Brown unresponsive outside a home. Brown was later pronounced dead at the scene by the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. JSO said after investigating, Corey Martin was identified as the main suspect

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 31-year-old man has been accused in the death of a 20-year-old Jacksonville woman, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. On Nov. 4, 2023, JSO responded to a battery with injuries call on North Pearl Street in the Tallulah/North Shore neighborhood. That’s where officers found Veronica Brown unresponsive outside a home. Brown was later pronounced dead at the scene by the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. JSO said after investigating, Corey Martin was identified as the main suspect

PORT ORANGE, Fla. – A man has been arrested for shooting and killing another man in the Southern Pines neighborhood of Port Orange on Tuesday night, police said. Santiago Carlos Hernandez-Castrodad, 40, of Edgewater, was taken into custody on a second-degree murder charge, the Port Orange Police Department said in a news release. Shortly before 7:30 p.m., officers responded to Elda Lane and Spruce Creek Road regarding a shooting. When they arrived, they found a man – later identified as

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. – Firefighters in Hillsborough County battled a large fire on the water Tuesday after flames spread through a 45-foot sailboat. Fire rescue officials say crews found the boat fully engulfed after responding just before 5 p.m. off Chipaway Drive in Apollo Beach. HCFR says it took crews about an hour to put out the fire, with firefighters attacking it both on the dock and from the water. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is

HAINES CITY, Fla. – A large dump truck veered off the road and took out two power poles in Haines City on Tuesday afternoon, according to first responders. Officials say the Haines City Fire Department arrived at the intersection of Polk City Road and Wilbar Lane around 12 p.m. and found the truck on its side after the crash. According to authorities, bystanders say the driver lost control of the truck and swerved off the road. Officials say the truck

Photo by: Cbs12 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — An early morning crash was cleared after it caused closures on the southbound side of Interstate 95 in West Palm Beach. The right lanes are shut down due to an “intermediate” collision that occurred around 6:30 a.m. near the Forest Hill exit, just before Exit 66, according to Florida 511. The Florida Highway Patrol reported there were injuries Experiencing a car accident can be a traumatic and overwhelming experience, leaving victims with

Photo by: cbs12 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — An 81-year-old woman riding a bike died from her injuries after being struck by a truck that was exiting a McDonald’s parking lot in West Palm Beach. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) crash report states the crash occurred on April 19 at 2:12 p.m. A bicyclist, identified as Joan Besson, was riding on the sidewalk approaching the McDonald’s exit on Okeechobee Boulevard. As Besson on her bicycle began to enter

Asuspect was taken into custody after gunshots were fired at a police car in North Miami Beach Wednesday morning, officials said. The incident happened shortly before 2 a.m. outside the Kabbalah Centre near Northeast 27th Avenue and Northeast 163rd Street. According to North Miami Beach Police officials, the officer was on patrol when he was “brazenly attacked” while sitting in his police vehicle. Footage from the scene showed the marked squad car with a flat front tire and an evidence

CUTLER BAY, FLA. (WSVN) – A mother is speaking out after, she says, her son’s teacher slapped him across the face during class on Tuesday. The mother of Isaiah Torres, an 8-year-old boy with autism, tells 7News that her son came home on Tuesday afternoon from his school at Dr. Edward L. Whigham Elementary in Cutler Bay with a red mark on his cheek, jaw, and neck. Video, shared by the family, shows the mother talking to her son after

PORT ORANGE, Fla. – A man has been arrested for shooting and killing another man in the Southern Pines neighborhood of Port Orange on Tuesday night, police said. Santiago Carlos Hernandez-Castrodad, 40, of Edgewater, was taken into custody on a second-degree murder charge, the Port Orange Police Department said in a news release. Shortly before 7:30 p.m., officers responded to Elda Lane and Spruce Creek Road regarding a shooting. When they arrived, they found a man – later identified as

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. —Three people are in the hospital after a marked Daytona Beach police car and another vehicle collided on Tuesday. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the patrol car — with its lights and sirens activated — was traveling eastbound on LPGA Boulevard approaching the intersection of Technology Boulevard around 1:27 p.m. FHP says a Lexus SUV was traveling eastbound on the same road and failed to observe the patrol car when attempting to make a left turn

Margaret Zenga, of Palm Beach Gardens, died from her injuries at St Mary’s Medical Center PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — A 73-year-old woman died Tuesday morning after a crash involving a dump truck in Palm Beach Gardens. The accident happened at around 6:17 a.m. at Bee Line Highway and PGA Boulevard. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said Margaret Zenga was driving her white Mercedes in the westbound lanes of PGA Boulevard and stopped at the intersection of Beeline Highway