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A Springfield daycare worker was arrested on Thursday for aggravated child abuse after she allegedly repeatedly slammed a 3-month-old infant into his crib and changing table. According to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to Gulf Coast Hospital after staff reported an infant had arrived with significant and suspicious injuries. It was reported that medical staff observed swelling on the back of the infant’s head consistent with a skull fracture, along with extensive bruising to the face, ear and

A Wildwood man was arrested after allegedly passing out drunk, letting a child wander out to be bitten by a dog. A deputy responded to a juvenile call for service at an undisclosed RV park on State Road 44 in Wildwood at 7:05 p.m. Sunday, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. A neighbor advised that 42-year-old P had not been taking care of the male juvenile victim. The neighbor explained that P had been drinking

A bicyclist and a golf cart driver were both hospitalized after a collision in The Villages. A 51-year-old New Smyrna Beach man was riding a bicycle at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the golf cart lane westbound on Belvedere Boulevard in the Village of Bonnybrook when he was struck from the rear by a 2015 Yamaha golf cart driven by a 91-year-old resident of the Village of Bonnybrook, according to an accident report from the Florida Highway Patrol. The golf cart

A Wildwood teen was arrested for battery after allegedly throwing a remote at a LifeStream employee who denied her chips. An officer responded to a battery at LifeStream, 2020 Tally Rd., around 11:25 p.m. Friday, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg Police Department. Dispatch advised that a patient, 19-year-old S, struck an employee with a remote. The employee explained that S walked up to the nursing station and asked for a bag of Chex Mix. When told snack

One cat died in a house fire in Belleair Bluffs on Friday morning, according to Largo Fire Rescue (LFR). Crews initially responded to a residential structure fire at 2051 North Overbrook Avenue. One person was home at the time and evacuated with no injuries, according to a news release. One cat died in the fire, with no other injuries reported, LFR said. Officials said the scene is now under control, though crews remain on site for overhaul. The cause of

A 75-year-old Crystal River woman died after her vehicle collided with a dump truck at an intersection in Dunnellon. The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) said the woman was driving northbound on North Ocoee Terrace when she turned left into the path of the eastbound dump truck on West Dunnellon Road. Both vehicles overturned after the collision, Troopers said. The woman died at the scene. The 64-year-old Dunnellon man driving the dump truck suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a

A Pinellas Park drunk driving suspect was arrested on Tuesday after fleeing from a crash that broke a victim’s neck, authorities said. Pinellad Park Police charged Vladyslav Kutsayev, 20, with DUI – causing bodily injury after he was involved in a motor vehicle crash on 66th Street at about 9:44 p.m. After the crash, Kutsayev, who was driving a 2016 black BMW vehicle, tried to escape on foot, but was tracked down by a witness, according to a Pinellas Park

Photo: FL511 A five-vehicle crash along State Road 417 left two people in the hospital on Thursday, according to the Orlando Fire Department. Per the FL511, the crash happened in the northbound lanes just before mile marker 18.8. In a release, fire officials said that there were five patients involved in total, with one being taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and another being transported as a trauma alert. Meanwhile, the remaining three patients refused to be transported, but

One adult and a child were taken to the hospital after their vehicle crashed into a pole in Royal Palm Beach. According to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, at about 6 p.m., units were dispatched to the intersection of Belvedere Road and State Road 7. Firefighters arrived on scene in approximately three minutes and found a vehicle on its side against a power pole. The adult and child were trapped inside the vehicle and had to be extricated using hydraulic

Another man has been arrested following a viral confrontation involving a 13-year-old riding an e-bike inside the gated Lotus community in Boca Raton. According to a criminal complaint from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, B was arrested on Wednesday and faces charges of robbery by sudden snatching and battery. The affidavit states that B is seen multiple times on video pulling the 13-year-old boy and restraining him against his will. The report also alleges B withheld the teenager’s phone and made no attempt to

In the early hours of Friday morning, a dramatic rescue unfolded near the A1A bridge in Jupiter after a boat capsized, leaving two people unaccounted for and sparking a search by emergency crews. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said that crews responded to an open water incident just before 3 a.m. in the 1200 block of North Alternate A1A. Officials said that a boat had capsized near the A1A bridge. Upon arrival, crews reported that two people had made it safely

Rescue crews rushed a landscaper to the hospital after he was shocked by a power line in a Fort Lauderdale neighborhood. According to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, the victim, who is in his 70s, was picking ripe mangoes off a tree along the 700 block of Northeast 15th Court when the apparatus he was using made contact with a power line, Thursday morning. Paramedics transported the victim, known by neighbors as Mr. Gabriel, to Broward Health Medical Center in critical