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The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said a man was shot in the back during a physical altercation with multiple people on Saturday afternoon. JSO said around 1:24 p.m., officers responded to the 3300 block of Green Street in reference to a person shot. They found a man in his mid-20s with a gunshot wound in his back. The man was taken to the hospital by the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department and his injuries are non-life-threatening. Recommended Videos Investigators said the

Photo by: (St. Johns County Fire Rescue) Emergency crews responded to a semi-truck fire on I-95 North at mile marker 315 in St. Johns County Friday afternoon. By 4 p.m., the fire was extinguished, and all lanes were back open, but backups lingered. According to a preliminary report from the Florida Highway Patrol, a semi was traveling north on I-95 when smoke started coming from the front end. Investigators said the driver safely stopped on the outside shoulder and exited

The Florida Highway Patrol said a 62-year-old man died Friday morning after he was involved in a multi-vehicle crash on Normandy Boulevard and Combs Road. According to FHP, the 62-year-old, who was driving a pickup truck, and another car were heading east on Normandy when, for unknown reasons, the man swerved left and crashed into the other car. Following the initial crash, the pickup truck then crashed into another SUV that was parked in a nearby lot. The pickup truck’s

Deputies said a woman was shot once in the elbow by a deputy during a traffic stop on Boy Scout Drive in Fort Myers Friday morning. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, the suspect is accused of trying to leave a traffic stop near US-41 and Boy Scout Drive around 11 a.m. while a deputy was attempting to serve a felony warrant. The deputy pulled over the driver on Boy Scout Drive at Red Cedar Drive in front of

UPDATE: Reports say traffic is now flowing correctly. Eastbound traffic on the Hathaway Bridge is backed up due to a vehicle fire. Be prepared for delays. This is all the information we have available at this time. We will provide updates as they become available to us. At Ovadia Law Group, we understand the devastating consequences of a fire car accident. These incidents often result in severe injuries, property damage, and emotional trauma. Our experienced fire car accident lawyers are

An Ocala man riding as a passenger in a pickup truck has died from injuries he sustained after he was ejected from the vehicle during a rollover accident in Marion County. The fatal accident took place along SE 137th Avenue Road at around 1:05 a.m. on Wednesday. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 20-year-old man was driving a pickup truck north on SE 137th Avenue, just north of SE 47th Street road. The driver, who lives in Ocklawaha, failed

A shooting in Indian River County left a deputy, a locksmith and the suspect dead, along with one other injured, the sheriff’s office confirms. The shooting occurred Friday morning at 1137 Governors Way in Bermuda Club, when three deputies were serving an eviction notice to 37-year-old MH. Officials said Halberstam retrieved a weapon and began firing at the deputies. Flowers said that Deputy Terri Sweeting-Mashkow, 47, was killed in the line of duty. Mashkow served with the Indian River County

An 80-year-old woman died after she was struck by a car in the parking lot of a retirement community. The woman was a pedestrian in the parking lot of Lakeview Terrace in Altoona at about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday when she was struck by a 2008 Ford Edge driven by a 96-year-old woman, according to an accident report from the Florida Highway Patrol. She had been backing out of a parking space and did not see the woman. The 80-year-old woman

 A crash on I-95 North in Palm Beach Gardens is blocking an off-ramp on Friday morning. Florida 511 reported a crash on the ramp to Exit 79A, PGA Boulevard East, at 7:19 a.m. In the latest update at 7:24 a.m., officials said that the left lane of the off-ramp has been blocked. No injuries have been reported at this time. Protect Your Rights After a Car Accident After a car accident, protecting your rights is essential. Insurance companies often try

A Leesburg woman was arrested after allegedly breaking into her boyfriend’s home through his bedroom window and battering him.  Deputies responded to an altercation in the front yard of an undisclosed Leesburg residence around 6 p.m. Sunday, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. There they found 36-year-old GSG arguing with her boyfriend of two years. G advised that she came to the residence to speak her boyfriend and noticed his male friend was there. She

A man from Brazil who had been drinking Jack Daniels was arrested for driving under the influence after crashing into two parked cars. Deputies got a call about a white Mitsubishi SUV that the parked cars near Gold Dust Drive and Lost Horizon Way in Clermont around 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. Dispatch advised that the driver, later identified as 36-year-old FJDS, was driving recklessly around the neighborhood. Upon

A woman told deputies a ride home from work turned violent. She claims the driver allegedly refused to let her out of his car and beat her as she tried to escape, according to newly released court documents. The backstory: Investigators say the woman attempted to jump from the vehicle the first time it stopped, but the driver — identified as 56-year-old Miguel Cardona Jr. — allegedly struck her repeatedly and drove off.  When the car later stopped at an