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Officers arrested 18-year-old SL, of Sarasota, at 12:39 a.m. on Saturday after she got into a physical altercation with three people, including an employee at UF Plaza, Saturday morning. Officers say the string of violence began when L got into a fight with two female victims in the bathroom of a bar, where she pulled the victims’ hair and proceeded to the ground. While an employee was escorting L out of the bar and attempting to take off her wristband,

State troopers say a man is dead after losing control of a vehicle in Marion County on Friday. Florida Highway Patrol officials say the 44-year-old man from Palatka was driving an SUV south on State Road 19, just three miles south of County Road 314 near Fort McCoy. He lost control, the SUV flipped over, throwing him out of the vehicle just before 4 p.m.. Troopers say he was not wearing a seat belt. Legal Support After a Car AccidentCar

Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies say they arrested 26-year-old BR Friday night after he got into an argument with a bartender at Fluid Lounge and punched him. Deputies say the punch made the victim fall to the ground and a witness recalled R “sucker punched” the man when he was looking away after the two got into an argument. The incident was caught on security camera footage and provided to law enforcement, according to deputies. After he punched the man, R

The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that left a 14-year-old boy injured Saturday evening. Deputies responded to the area of Southwest 191st Lane in Cutler Bay around 8 p.m. after reports of a shooting involving a teenager. Sunday morning report: According to investigators, the teenager was walking in the neighborhood when he was shot in the right hand. Neighbors report hearing more than three-dozen gunshots before first responders arrived. “Maybe around 30 to 40 gunshots continuously, and then

 Paramedics rushed a man to the hospital after, officials say, a road rage incident led to gunfire. Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies and Fire Rescue units responded to the area of Northwest 84th Avenue and 64th Street in Medley on Friday evening. Deputies say they found a man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound after he made his way to Baptist Health Urgent Care in Doral. 7News cameras captured a white SUV with blood stains and surrounded by crime tape and

Disturbing video from a high school in Miami captured two teens fighting with an adult egging them on to keep going. The video sent to 7News by furious parents takes place on the sidewalk just outside of Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Thursday afternoon. Video shows a young girl in a white shirt kicking and punching another girl in a blue shirt. At one point, the girl in white shoves the other against a car. “You want to beat her

Photo by: WEAR A 20-year-old Pensacola man is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Escambia County on Saturday morning. Troopers say the incident occurred around 2:47 a.m. on Interstate 10 near mile marker 14 when the gray SUV he was driving eastbound left the roadway and collided with a sound-attenuating wall. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene by Escambia County EMS. The Florida Highway Patrol is currently investigating the cause of the crash. No further details have been

One person was arrested and a deputy injured after a vehicle crash Saturday, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. At 6:35 p.m., a deputy was responding to a call at North Street and Delia Street in Wimauma to back up another unit. The sheriff’s office said the deputy had his lights and siren activated when he collided with a vehicle pulling out of a driveway. According to deputies, the driver appeared to be intoxicated. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office

One person was killed overnight when a two-story home caught fire in St. Petersburg, fire rescue said. Crews responded to the fire on 17th Street North at around 1 a.m. on Saturday. The home was engulfed in flames by the time they arrived, but crews were able to contain the fire before it spread to other properties. One fatality was reported, and two adults were evacuated from the home with no injuries, St. Petersburg Fire Rescue said. The victim was

Photo by: (wjhg) The American Red Cross responded to the fire at Legacy on the Bay Apartments in Destin that occurred overnight. According to an American Red Cross representative, they were told about the apartment fire around 3 a.m. on October 31st. They were informed that the fire had forced the evacuation of an entire building in the complex. The American Red Cross said the building that caught on fire had 36 units, and although multiple fire departments responded to

UPDATE: According to a traffic report released by the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash they responded to on Friday has left two adults in serious condition from their injuries and two children in critical condition. The crash involved an SUV driven by a 47-year-old Panama City Beach resident and a van driven by an 18-year-old Lynn Haven Resident. FHP says that a witness told them “the silver SUV was traveling east on State Road 390, in the inside lane, when

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office responded to two separate domestic disputes that left two men shot between Friday evening and early Saturday morning. The first incident happened on Friday at 10 p.m. on the 8500 block of Jasper Avenue. Police said upon arrival, they found an adult male in his 30s suffering from a single gunshot wound. JSO said the victim was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Investigators said the suspect and victim live together and a dispute