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 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

Recue crews took one person to the hospital after road rage triggered a shooting on Interstate 95 in Northeast Miami-Dade. According to Florida Highway Patrol, crews were dispatched to a reported shooting on the northbound entrance ramps of I-95 near Ives Dairy Road, just before 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Upon arrival, FHP troopers administered first aid on the driver of a Porsche SUV who was reportedly shot in the right arm until Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units arrived. The victim was

A pedestrian was hit and killed by a driver while trying to cross U.S. 301 in Manatee County Wednesday night, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The incident happened just after 10:30 p.m. as the pedestrian, a 25-year-old woman from Palmetto, was walking north on the left shoulder of the highway, according to troopers. Authorities said the woman tried to cross the highway just south of 63rd Avenue East and walked in front of a Lincoln sedan that had been traveling

A teacher at LaBelle Elementary School is under investigation after being accused of battery on a student. According to an incident report from the Hendry County School District, on Oct. 28, the student was emotionally distressed and was becoming physically resistant. Deputies from the Hendry County Sheriff’s Office were told that the teacher put her hand over the mouth of the student. The school district found that the teacher used rough handling on the child, failed to use proper intervention

Credit: FHP  A man was seriously injured and airlifted to the hospital after a truck and motorcycle collided in Spring Hill. Hernando County Fire Rescue responded just before 8 a.m. Thursday to the intersection of Mariner Boulevard and Hearth Road. The Florida Highway Patrol said a 68-year-old woman driving a Toyota Tacoma was traveling southbound on Mariner Boulevard, and a 25-year-old man was driving a motorcycle in the northbound lanes. The woman turned left, south of Hearth Road, at a

A female pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run in Santa Rosa County Thursday morning. It happened around 6 a.m. on Old Bagdad Highway near Rice Road. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a “possible red SUV” was traveling east on Old Bagdad Highway approaching Rice Road while an unidentified female was walking along Old Bagdad Highway. “The vehicle struck the female near the shoulder of the roadway. The vehicle then fled the scene,” FHP says in a release. The female was

A driver died on Thursday after suffering a possible medical episode and crashing into a tree in Pine Hills, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 11:30 a.m. along N Hiawassee Road, south of Stardust Lane. According to a preliminary FHP crash report, the driver was operating a 2022 Toyota Camry and traveling north in a business parking lot when they lost control of the car. As a result, the Toyota left the paved parking lot, entered

A Fort Myers man is facing charges after being accused of attacking his neighbor’s friend while appearing to be drunk. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said JPM, 21, walked across the street on Tuesday and began punching his neighbor’s friend and even bit him on the cheek. As the victim attempted to retreat inside, Mendoza threw a stone at him, LCSO said. M was arrested shortly after the incident, but did struggle and resisted deputies at first, LCSO said. M

A Miami woman was arrested on accusations that she used her car to drag another woman several yards during a confrontation that occurred over two months ago. According to an arrest report, the incident happened around 3 a.m. Sept. 13 outside a home near the 3000 block of Northwest 37th Avenue in the West Flagler area. The victim told officers that she was outside with friends when CAC, 43, arrived with her daughter in a white Nissan Altima. An argument