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 A man fatally stabbed himself after repeatedly stabbing his wife in a Vero Beach home, the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office said. Detectives in Indian River County are working to identify the couple involved in the deadly domestic stabbing. The incident was reported just before 8 a.m. Tuesday, when a woman in a home off 10th Street called police saying her husband had just stabbed her numerous times. Investigators said the man then stabbed himself in the neck. The woman

A driver died Monday afternoon in a multi-car crash at Northwest Centurion Court and U.S. 90 that left traffic snarled for hours on U.S. 90 and I-75, the Lake City Police said. According to police, at about 1 p.m. Monday, the driver was headed east on U.S. 90, approaching Northwest Centurion Court, less than a block from I-75, when they slammed into the back of another car, pushing it onto the sidewalk. The driver of the car that was rear-ended

Police arrested a man Monday after they said he allegedly attacked a woman with a drill and robbed her in northwest Miami-Dade. The incident occurred near the intersection of Northwest 191st Street and Northwest 67th Court just before 10:30 a.m. According to police, 47-year-old Alexander Gonzalez, who is listed as homeless in his arrest report, approached a woman at a gas station, forcefully took her car keys and struck her with a drill before fleeing the scene with her property.

A man from North Miami Beach was arrested Monday after police said he repeatedly beat the mother of his child after suspecting she was cheating on him with an ex-boyfriend. Damian Alberto Castaneda, 31, faces charges of strong-arm robbery, false imprisonment, tampering with a victim and battery. According to an arrest report, the victim filed a police report Monday, accusing Castaneda of being physically abusive on multiple occasions, especially “when he is under the influence of alcohol.” Police said the

Two people are in custody after a domestic disturbance Tuesday morning in the lobby of a hotel in Boca Raton, police said. This took place at the Residence Inn Boca Raton along 500 Northwest 77th St. west of Interstate 95. In a post on X at 11:55 a.m., police said after the domestic disturbance there was a physical altercation outside the hotel. As officers arrived, a man involved in the incident, who was believed to be armed, fled back into

 Firefighters responded to a house fire early Tuesday morning. The fire broke out in the 100 block of 22nd Street Court East, near Manatee Avenue East. Bradenton Police confirmed that officers, along with multiple fire units with the City fire and ambulances responded to the scene. Police say it was a one story home. This story is developing. If you’ve been affected by a fire accident, Ovadia Law Group can help you through the legal challenges of filing a claim.

A driver was shot at Monday morning along Interstate 4 near Seffner after he was reportedly being tailgated by another driver, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. A 28-year-old Lakeland man reported to FHP that another man in a Dodge Ram with yellow headlights and an unknown Florida license plate was tailgating him at about 6 a.m. near mile marker 14. The man in the Dodge pulled up next to the Lakeland man, fired a shot from a full-size-semi-automatic handgun,

A man in his 60s was hospitalized Monday morning after being shot in the thigh on Jacksonville’s Eastside, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. JSO’s Sergeant Smith told First Coast News that shortly after midnight, officers responded to a local hospital in reference to the man reported shot. Police learned that the man had taken himself to the hospital after suffering non-life-threatening injuries in the shooting. The sheriff’s office said the man was working on a vehicle with his friend when an

A Brevard County man is accused of shooting into a Titusville home 10 times with people inside, leading to his arrest more than a week later. “It’s absolutely frightening. We’re in a residential neighborhood and there’s children around and 10 shots … that’s quite a lot,” said an unidentified neighbor in Titusville. The neighbor did not want to show her face or give her name. She says the shooting into her neighbor’s home on Ellis Circle Avenue has shocked residents

Police are searching for three suspects after a person was shot in Leesburg on Saturday evening. According to the Leesburg Police Department, the shooting happened near a gas station in the 2100 block of West Main Street around 2:40 p.m. Saturday. Police believe that three people approached a vehicle at the gas station, two of them stayed on the vehicle’s passenger side and the third went around and approached the driver who was seated inside. Police said the driver was

A major crash is currently blocking part of northbound  I-75 in Brooksville, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 5:39 p.m. Sunday near mile marker 298. Little is known about the crash at this time, but cameras show traffic appears to be getting by slowly through the left lane. FHP said injuries were involved in this crash. This is a developing story. Being involved in a car accident can turn your life upside down, but Ovadia Law Group

Photo by: Hernando County Fire Rescue After Pinellas County posted a video of a Tesla catching on fire during Hurricane Helene, Hernando County Fire Rescue now says it faced multiple fires during the storm caused by lithium-ion batteries. According to a Facebook post, the department responded to seven structure fires, four of which were caused by lithium-ion batteries. Firefighters also responded to multiple car fires, officials say, but the exact cause of the car fires is unknown. “The fire danger is not over