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 A deputy with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office was arrested over the weekend after a domestic violence incident, authorities confirmed. It happened on Sunday morning at the home the deputy shares with the victim, the location of which was redacted from an arrest form. According to authorities, deputies responded to the home and met with the victim, who said she and the deputy, who has been identified as 25-year-old VT, have been in a relationship for six years. The victim told

 News4Jax has obtained the police reports of the violent altercation with officers and two men in Jacksonville Beach over the weekend. The reports said officers tried to stop two men from revving engines and playing loud music in a parking lot off 1st Street around 2 a.m. on Sunday, when things turned violent. According to the report, Officer Kyle Keenan approached a Dodge Charger with black racing stripes, playing music that could be heard for “several blocks.” The report said JC, 26,

 A man was shot Monday afternoon after an exchange over a cellphone purchase turned violent. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, a man in his 20s was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg. Police said the man met someone he knew to sell a phone around 3:30 p.m. on Hunt Street in the Lackawanna neighborhood. Sometime during the exchange, an altercation happened, and the man was shot. The man was taken to the hospital in non-life-threatening condition.

Photo by: UC Breaking News A vehicle crashed into a canal in the George Town neighborhood in Fort Myers on Monday night. The SUV ended up upside down near the canal entrance off the Caloosahatchee River just north of the Midpoint Bridge. The crash happened around 8 p.m. Gulf Coast News is working to confirm additional details, including how the crash occurred and the injuries. Why You Need a Car Accident Lawyer Car accidents can happen in an instant, leaving

 A bicyclist has died from injuries sustained in a hit-and-run crash in Lake Worth. Daniel Domingo Martin died on December 12 from injuries sustained during the crash that occurred on December 10 on Davis Road. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash at 7:41 p.m. on 4191 Davis Road. According to the traffic investigation report, Martin was traveling southbound on Davis Road while the driver of a white Chevrolet pickup truck was traveling northbound. As both approached

Photo by: ECFR  Escambia County Fire Rescue responded to a multi-residential structure fire involving a commercial business on Saturday. Officials say at 4:54 p.m. in the 3300 block of Mobile Highway, firefighters arrived on scene to find heavy smoke showing from a two-story apartment complex that included a laundromat and grocery store on the first floor. Firefighters quickly located and extinguished the fire in an apartment kitchen, preventing a total loss of the apartment unit and additional damage to other

Photo by: mypanhandle The Walton County Fire Rescue and Walton County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the scene of a semi-truck fire on Monday morning. According to officials, the fire occurred on Interstate 10 near mile marker 73 east of the DeFuniak Springs exit. Officials confirm the fire has been extinguished; however, one westbound lane remains closed at this time. No injuries have been reported. Motorists are urged to use caution in the area and expect traffic delays. A truck

An Ocala man who allegedly “turns into a different person” when intoxicated has been arrested for domestic battery after he allegedly consumed multiple alcoholic beverages and attacked his girlfriend in their home. On Thursday, December 11, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to a local residence and made contact with the female victim. The arrest report stated that the victim had bruising under her left eye, along with a bruise on the right side of her cheek that was

Courtesy: Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. \The Brief  A fire broke out at a two-story apartment building in Tampa on Sunday night, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. Fire crews responded to 13707 N 21st Street at around 8:27 p.m. and they said that the apartment was fully engulfed in flames. Within 20 minutes, the fire was under control and all residents were able to evacuate safely. One person was taken to a nearby hospital with a minor injury. No firefighters were injured

A man stands accused on Monday of following a woman and snatching her earrings in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood, according to police. On Sunday morning, the woman reported that she was walking westbound along Northwest 26 Street when she noticed a man following her, according to police. The woman reported that she and a witness started to walk faster, and the man caught up to her near Second Avenue, according to police. The woman pushed the man when he got too

A North Miami Beach woman was arrested Saturday after she shot a man four times outside her home, accusing him of trying to break in, authorities said. DNB, 25, now faces a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. According to an arrest report, police initially responded to B’s home shortly before 11 a.m. that day after receiving a call that a man was trying to enter B’s home and was making threats to kill. Police said the man

A train crashed into a car in Fort Myers on Marsh Avenue and Edgewood Avenue Monday morning, leaving a father and son unharmed despite the car being pushed into a ditch. The crash occurred shortly after 8 a.m. as Juan Perez was driving his 10-year-old son to school. Perez said there was no indication a train was coming because the railroad gate was up. “Yeah, what happened was [I was] coming from over there, but the railroad gate was not