Florida's Recent News

A Leesburg man was arrested for battery after allegedly pushing a woman several times during an argument in their residence. An officer responded to a battery involving 41-year-old PDD at an undisclosed Leesburg residence around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg Police Department. Another resident, identified as the female victim, advised that she came home from work to D yelling at her. He started slamming the refrigerator doors and broke multiple containers that were in

A suspect was arrested after he allegedly shot a man who had given him a ride home early Saturday morning, according to the Apopka Police Department. A witness told police she was in the front passenger seat of a black Nissan Altima with her suspect and the victim. She explained that the suspect, CB, and the victim had argued about how B would get home because he did not have a ride. The victim agreed to give B a ride

A major crash has shut down part of SR-415 in Seminole County. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened just before 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning on Sr-415 (Lake Mary Boulevard) just north of SR-46. Troopers say people were injured in the crash. WESH 2 News sent a crew to the scene and saw at least three cars involved in the crash. Drivers needing to travel north in the area should use Celery Avenue as a detour. This

Photo by: villages-news A ruptured gas line in an attic accelerated a fire at a home in The Villages. The Villages Public Safety Department was dispatched Saturday to a reported residential structure fire in the 5500 block of Parkyn Path in the Village of Linden. Dispatch advised that the reporting party observed flames and smoke coming from the rear of the residence and noted the presence of solar panels on the roof. Firefighters quickly descended on the scene and concluded

The Central Florida man who murdered his girlfriend in Volusia County before shooting at detectives during a foot chase in Sanford has been convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to two more life terms in prison. A jury recently convicted 36-year-old B P. M of multiple charges based on evidence presented at a three-day trial by Seminole County prosecutors Jacob Polk, Richard Babcock and Paul Brill. At sentencing, M received the following prison terms for firing at the Seminole County

Photo by: wtsp Traffic cameras show a FedEx truck caught fire on a Pinellas County roadway. Footage from cameras around 10:30 a.m. Monday shows a heavy amount of smoke and flames coming from a FedEx vehicle in the area of Belcher Road and State Road 580 in Dunedin. Dunedin Fire Rescue responded to the scene and said the flames and smoke were coming from the engine compartment of the delivery truck. Fire crews on scene were able to take out

A retired nurse was killed over the weekend in a “brutal stabbing” in Polk County, deputies said. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said the 65-year-old was slain in Davenport. “The victim was well-liked in his neighborhood, and he was known for helping people who were down on their luck,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. An arrest has been made in the case, but no other details, including any other information about the victim, were immediately released. Polk County Sheriff

 Lake City Fire Department officials say an attempt to keep a puppy warm spelled disaster for a home, but the dog is safe. Crews responded to a two-story home in the southeastern corner of the city around 7:00 p.m. on Monday. While firefighters were extinguishing the fire, they found the puppy hiding behind an appliance in the garage. The dog, named Chase, was given oxygen and was not injured. Crews think the fire started due to a heating lamp that

Photo by: wsvn Rescue crews took a driver to the hospital after he stole a Ferrari, then crashed into a police cruiser and a light pole while attempting to flee a traffic stop in Miami, authorities said. According to City of Miami Police, the owner of the Ferrari reported it stolen from Miami Beach and pinged the vehicle to the area of Southwest Second Avenue and 17th Street in Miami, early Tuesday morning. Responding officers spotted the subject getting into

A man in his early 30s was transported to a hospital overnight after two officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office shot him outside a home in the Dinsmore area, officials said. According to JSO, the man had threatened to kill his mother with a knife and barricaded himself inside a home on Bradd Avenue for four hours. At some point, he came out of the home carrying a hammer and claimed “he had a shotgun.” JSO Chief Alan Parker said

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Lehigh Acres crash that occurred early Tuesday morning. Gulf Coast News reporters on the scene at Lee Boulevard and Leonard Boulevard North saw multiple LCSO vehicles as well as cones along the road. Reporters also saw a motorcycle and a Lays truck, which appeared to have been involved in the crash. Gulf Coast News reached out to LCSO to find out if anyone was hurt in the crash. Investigating Motorcycle Accidents Motorcycle

 A 30-year-old man was killed after running off the road and crashing his vehicle into a pole along State Road 429 on Monday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the single-vehicle crash happened on S.R. 429 at mile marker 29 near Ocoee Apopka Road around 2:15 p.m. According to a crash report, a Nissan Sentra was traveling north on S.R. 429, approaching mile marker 29, when it ran off the roadway right onto the outside shoulder. As