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The Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District responded to a kitchen fire at a Sunset Boulevard home. According to the fire control and rescue, the blaze broke out around 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Crews arriving on the scene could see flames shooting through the roof. Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District stated that all the home occupants were evacuated without injury. After the fire was extinguished, Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue investigated and determined the cause was

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. — A 19-year-old man is charged with beating a child with a belt in Okaloosa County. Brian Brown Jr. of Crestview was arrested Sunday on a charge of child abuse. According to the arrest report, Brown grabbed the child and put him in a headlock, threw him to the ground and then hit him with a belt. The report states multiple witnesses told deputies the same details. According to the report, deputies interviewed Brown, who told them

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – One man is dead and another man is seriously hurt following a crash in Lake County on Wednesday morning, according to troopers. The deadly collision happened at 6:30 a.m. on Schofield Road west of Five Mile Road. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 52-year-old Clermont man was traveling eastbound in a Nissan Maxima when, for unknown reasons, he crossed over the double yellow line into the westbound lanes. As a result, his car struck the front of

COOPER CITY, Fla. – Authorities in Broward County are investigating a fatal crash. It occurred Tuesday shortly after 8:30 p.m. in the area of Pine Island Road and Southwest 51st Street in Cooper City. First responders arrived to find a vehicle engulfed in flames that had crashed into a tree. After the fire was extinguished, authorities found a man deceased inside the vehicle. His identity has not been released. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, it appears that the driver of

LAWTEY, Fla. — Bradford County Fire and Rescue responded to a crash at US-301 and Lake Street after a train collided with a log truck. The crash happened at 10:34 a.m. on Tuesday in Lawtey. Paramedics on the scene say there were no injuries to the crew of the train or to the driver of the truck. Troopers are investigating the events that led up to the crash. Dealing with the aftermath of a car accident can be overwhelming, but

SAN CARLOS PARK, Fla. —On Tuesday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Warrants Unit and U.S. Marshals arrested a San Carlos Park couple for child neglect. LCSO says Dwayne and Theresa Staron are accused of abusing a teenager by feeding them drugs and neglecting them. Dwayne is also accused of molesting the teen. The investigation began after a welfare check on the teen in October. During the months-long investigation, the sheriff’s office says the teen was removed from having contact

KEY WEST, Fla. – Three Key West police officers are recounting the moments they dove into the water to rescue a driver. The crash happened last month after a 911 caller reported seeing a car in the ocean at Simonton Beach. Officers Elam Thornbrugh, Cameron Ua, and Corey Vanderhoof were among the first to respond. “We didn’t see anybody outside the vehicle, so my initial instinct was just to get my vest off, get my duty belt off, and just

BELLE GLADE, Fla. (CBS12) — Crews battle an apartment fire in Belle Glade on Tuesday afternoon. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue (PBCFR) said at 12:35 p.m., units from the surrounding area were dispatched to an apartment fire on 5th Street, near Avenue B. As firefighters were responding to the call, they noticed a large plume of smoke coming from the scene. When crews arrived, they found a two-story apartment on fire, the second floor engulfed in flames. PBCFR said the building

HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Police in Miami-Dade County are investigating after a teenager was shot Tuesday night. According to Homestead police, officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert around 7:30 p.m. in the area of Northwest First Avenue and Ninth Street. Police said officers discovered that a 16-year-old boy had been shot multiple times during a robbery related to an internet sale. Police did not immediately confirm whether the victim was the one selling something or if he had made the online

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – Walton County officials are investigating an accident Tuesday afternoon that took the life of a 4-year-old. It happened on a major highway in Miramar Beach around 3:30. A Florida Highway Patrol report states it was a truck vs. pedestrian accident at Scenic Gulf Drive and Highway 98. The report says a 65-year-old man from Defuniak Springs was turning from Scenic Gulf Drive onto Highway 98 That’s when a 40-year-old man riding a bicycle pulling a

ORANDO, Fla. – A harrowing incident unfolded on Saturday at the Oak Meadows Apartment Complex when a two-year-old child was rescued from nearly drowning through the swift actions of three Cocoa police officers. Frantic 911 calls captured the urgency of the situation. The officers arrived on the scene within minutes, wasting no time in administering life-saving measures. Employing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the officers were able to revive the child. Experiencing a personal injury can disrupt your life in profound ways,

A woman was killed in a crash involving a tractor-trailer truck on I-75 north Saturday evening in the Tampa area, FL Highway Patrol said. TAMPA, FL — A woman was killed in a crash involving a tractor-trailer truck on I-75 north Saturday evening in the Tampa area, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release. The crash happened near mile marker 256, the exit for the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway, around 6:45 p.m. A 30-year-old Deltona woman heading north on