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A 60-year-old Palatka man is facing felony battery charges after attacking a nurse at HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville and an arresting officer. Craig Lee, 60, became confrontational as his nurse tried to help him back to his room, according to the arrest report. Lee demanded she let go, struck her in the chest, and pinned her wrist to the wall. A nurse who witnessed the attack said she heard the victim’s wrist pop. Authorities say Lee also

A man is wanted for a hit-and-run crash in Downtown Pensacola caught on surveillance video this past weekend. Pensacola Police say it happened early Sunday around 2:50 a.m. in the 300-block of E Government Street. Video shows a man in a chef outfit walking up an alley, between businesses, from the street. A short time later, the video shows a car hitting bushes, a tree and a fence as it exits the alley and drives off. The fence was destroyed

Photo by: Orlando PD The Brief Five people were displaced after a structure fire engulfed an Orlando duplex, Tuesday.  What we know: The Orlando Fire Department – who was returning from another call – responded to a one-story duplex around noon at Parramore Avenue and South Street on Nov. 4. Twelve units – with 35 combat firefighters – worked to extinguish the fire.   The structure was engulfed in heavy smoke as firefighters worked to rescue a person trapped in

A 39-year-old woman was arrested Monday morning after authorities say she beat her daughter with a belt during a dispute over household chores. Homestead police said officers responded around 10 a.m. to a home near the 2000 block of Southeast 17th Avenue after receiving a report of a female allegedly assaulting a child. The suspect was identified by police as ALH. According to the arrest report, Hall told investigators that her daughter had been disrespectful and refused to clean the

A 35-year-old man was arrested Monday after authorities said he stabbed his mother while she slept and then fled in her car last week. It happened around 4 a.m. Oct. 29 at the family’s home. On the morning of the attack, the victim said she woke up to find her son, DM on top of her, Davie police said. They said the victim suffered two puncture wounds on the right side of her neck, a laceration across the back of

Photo by WKMG ClickOrland One person was rescued from a burning home in Orlando’s Parramore neighborhood Tuesday after firefighters spotted flames while driving nearby, officials said. Fire crews spotted a fire at a one-story home on fire in the 600 block of South Street while driving by, immediately stopped, and began their response. Officials said crews rescued one adult who was trapped inside the building and were able to extinguish the fire. No other information was released, but News 6

A 15-year-old Florida student is facing manslaughter after allegedly shooting and killing a classmate following a hallway altercation that escalated into deadly violence. According to WFTV, JR, a sophomore at Oak Ridge High School, appeared in juvenile court Friday, where he was ordered to remain in detention. Though he showed little emotion during the hearing, he turned and smiled as his family called out to him, saying, “I love you Cori!” Orange County Sheriff John Mina expressed outrage over the

A bicyclist succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday after he was struck by a car while in the bicycle lane on Halloween. Deputies with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) say the bicyclist, 61-year-old Louis Simon, was traveling westbound on Lucerne Avenue in the northern bicycle lane when an SUV accelerated into the path of the bicyclist from a stop sign. The bike impacted the passenger side of the SUV, and Simon was ejected from the bike, hitting his

 The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) said a pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in Pasco County on Monday evening. FHP said a 56-year-old Port Richey woman was driving eastbound in a Ford Escape on Embassy Boulevard at just after 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 3. At the intersection of Barrington Lane, a 74-year-old Port Richey man was walking south across the roadway when he entered the path of and was struck by the Ford Escape, according to officials. FHP

A 61-year-old woman was arrested early Tuesday morning after cellphone video went viral on social media, showing her berating children who were riding their bikes in Pinecrest. Online jail records show SCP was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at 5:50 a.m. on charges of robbery by sudden snatching and battery. Her bond was listed as “to be set.” The cellphone video posted to social media over the weekend shows P visibly angry after pulling over her Bentley

Photo by: ECSO A motorcycle and a pickup truck hauling a trailer caught fire following a crash Tuesday morning in Pensacola. It happened around 10:15 a.m. at Barrancas Ave. and Seamarge Lane. Pensacola Police tell WEAR News the crash happened during a pursuit chase of the motorcycle. The motorcyclist, 42-year-old RMP, is now being held in Escambia County Jail with no bond on charges of drug trafficking, fleeing police, aggravated battery, damaged property, resisting an officer, drug possession, and a

 A 32-year-old man is charged for a shooting in Escambia County in late October. Olvin-Adonay Rojas was arrested Saturday and charged with attempted homicide and firing a gun in public. He is in Escambia County Jail, where he also has a hold for ICE. The shooting happened Oct. 25 on Arlington Drive. The sheriff’s office says the victim sustained gunshot wounds to the chest and arm. Deputies say the incident stemmed from a dispute between the two men. No further