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An attack victim has shared a video from an altercation that left him with a fractured arm last month at a shopping plaza in The Villages. The man, who is in his late 60s and works as a medical professional in The Villages, was struck multiple times with a metal cane on the afternoon of Nov. 21 at Spanish Plaines Shopping Center, near UF Health Spanish Plaines Hospital. His attackers, 52-year-old James Temple of Summerfield and 50-year-old Darrin Jermaine Jones of Ocala,

A Florida firefighter is behind bars after, police say, he chased down a group of teens and attacked them with a baseball bat because they rang his doorbell and took off. Surveillance video, shared by Lighthouse Point Police, shows 31-year-old AL swinging the bat over his head as he tears into the group of teens on a golf cart with a profanity-laced tirade on Nov. 23 on Northeast 45th Street. According to police, L ultimately hit three teens and caused

(Credit: FDOT)  A crash with injuries on a ramp coming off I-75 south was causing major traffic delays Wednesday evening, North Port police said. The crash happened around 4:30 p.m. on the exit ramp to Sumter Boulevard, according to officials. The ramp and both south bound lanes of Sumter Boulevard were closed down. Drivers were asked to avoid the area if possible. Authorities reported injuries in the crash, but it’s unclear how many people were involved. Traffic cameras showed law

 A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer who shot a 14-year-old suspect in the back during a police chase on Nov. 1 will not face criminal charges, State Attorney Melissa Nelson announced today. The teen is recovering from his injuries. Nelson said the situation began with a car theft involving four teenagers in Northwest Jacksonville. The stolen vehicle, a black Kia Optima belonging to a DoorDash driver, was linked to several other incidents in the area, including a hit-and-run and a drive-by shooting later

A Punta Gorda man was arrested after being accused of crashing into a school bus while under the influence of narcotics. According to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, a Punta Gorda police officer responded to a traffic crash with injuries in the area of Cooper Street and McKenzie Street at around 7 a.m. CCSO said that a car crashed head-on into a Charlotte County School Bus during school hours when the speed limit was 15 mph. The driver of the

North Fort Myers Fire crews responded to a blaze that engulfed a home along Santa Cruz Street and claimed the lives of more than a dozen animals, devastating a family who lived there. According to the North Fort Myers Fire Control District, there were at least two people inside the home, and one person had to be transported to the hospital. The family said there was only one person in the home at the time of the fire. Fire officials

A driver was accused of rear-ending a car that had stopped behind a school bus letting children off along 23rd Street Southwest near Yvonne Avenue in April. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, investigators identified the driver as 18-year-old JL, who they say was behind the wheel of a Toyota Corolla with only a learner’s permit. After the rear-end collision, he was accused of fleeing down 23rd St. SW and striking several mailboxes as he drove away, according to

A pedestrian was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a crash on Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard in Clearwater. The City of Clearwater said police and fire rescue crews responded to a pedestrian-involved crash in the 1700 block of Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard around 6:20 p.m. Tuesday. The pedestrian was flown to the hospital with possible life-threatening injuries. Clearwater said the Westbound lanes of Gulf-to-Bay are shut down while the crash is being investigated. Why Ovadia Law Group is Your Advocate After a

A Seminole woman was arrested on an attempted murder charge after allegedly trying to strangle a nurse using a power cord. Pinellas Park Police Department (PPPD) said it arrested Karen Dedert on Dec. 3 after an attack on a nurse at Windmoor Healthcare at 11300 US Hwy 19 North. Dedert is accused of attacking the nurse by using the power cord from her ankle monitor and using it to strangle her. The victim is expected to recover, PPPD said. A

A woman was arrested after Gainesville police received reports of aggravated assault and battery Tuesday night. Officers say they responded to the victim’s home in the 1200 block of SW 16th Ave around 9:30 p.m., where AQ, 35, arrived uninvited and challenged her to a physical fight, threatening her with a gun. They say the victim tried to walk away, and Q entered her car and hit her, continuing to drive as the victim held onto the hood. She then

A Pompano Beach man has been arrested in a shooting last week that left one man dead and another wounded, authorities said. Detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Office arrested 40-year-old CFon Tuesday after identifying him as the suspect in the Nov. 25 shooting near the 600 block of West Sample Road. Deputies responded around 7:30 p.m. to reports of gunfire and found 52-year-old Tyrone Holton lying in a food store parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds. Holton was transported to Broward Health

An Ocala woman has filed a lawsuit against a local Chinese buffet, claiming she allegedly slipped and fell on wet tiles outside of the establishment. IE-G filed the lawsuit against China Lee Buffet, Inc., in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Marion County in mid-October. According to the complaint, E-G was visiting the restaurant 3933 E. Silver Springs Boulevard in Ocala on July 9, 2024. During her visit, E-G claims that she “slipped and fell on wet, slick, non-slip resistant,