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A man accused of deliberately driving his car toward another man, striking and killing him in Daytona Beach, was convicted Thursday of second-degree murder and will face up to life in prison when he is sentenced. Anthony Adum, 42, was charged with first-degree murder, but the jury returned a guilty verdict on the lesser charge, which is punishable by up to life in prison as opposed to the mandatory life sentence for first-degree murder. Jurors also found Adum guilty of leaving the

Port St. Lucie police said Thursday they have identified a man who hadn’t been to work in a few days and was found dead inside his home “with obvious signs of violent trauma to his body.” In a Facebook post at about 11 a.m., the Port St. Lucie Police Department said the incident was unfolding in the 1000 block of Southeast Albatross Ave. WFLX reporter Romelo Styles spoke to Port St. Lucie Police Chief Richard Del Toro at the scene

It was a dangerous drive in a Miami neighborhood when a woman said a driver ran into her and fled the scene with her on the hood of the car, and the startling confrontation was caught on camera. The incident occurred in the area of Southwest 13th Street near 18th Avenue in Miami, at around 2 p.m., Thursday. Danielle Del Sol said she was left badly hurt from the wild drive and is glad her brother recorded the wild moment

It’s not delivery. It’s a debacle. Chaos reigned at South Beach’s Mega Pizza on April 27 after, police said, a man harassed employees with a temper hotter than crushed red pepper. Officer-worn body camera video obtained exclusively by 7News told the tale of the dough, as Margarito Rodriguez Perez was seen kicking and screaming while handcuffed on the floor. One of the Miami Beach Police officers handling the 49-year-old kept his remarks spicy. “Stop [expletive] scratching me, stop [expletive] scratching

A girl was hospitalized with a hurt arm and shoulder after she was hit by a pickup truck in Polk County Thursday morning, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies are now searching for the woman who hit her. She was reportedly driving a white pickup truck with ladders on top before hitting the girl on Ranchland Acres Road and Countryland Drive, the agency said. The woman did stop to ask if the girl was alright after hitting her, according to

Broward County deputies investigated a double shooting in Deerfield Beach late Thursday afternoon. The shooting happened just before 5 p.m. in the 100 block of Southwest Third Street, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. The two victims, identified as males, were taken to area hospitals. Deputies said one went to the hospital himself while the other was taken by ambulance; the latter had non-life-threatening injuries. Authorities didn’t specify their ages. Deputies said Thursday evening that the “circumstances surrounding this incident

Authorities released body camera footage Thursday from a police shooting that they say left a man in critical condition. Miami-Dade police officers responded to reports of a man shooting a gun into the air several times for no apartment reason outside Los Primos supermarket on Northwest 95th Street near 31st Avenue on Sept. 29 of last year, and when they got to the scene, things became even more dangerous, forcing them to open fire. A responding officer noticed bullet casings

An argument over the destruction of a video game console led to the arrest of a 37-year-old Ocala man after he was accused of choking his girlfriend. A Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to a local residence on Tuesday, September 10, in reference to a domestic altercation. Upon arrival, the deputy made contact with the female victim who advised that her live-in boyfriend, Dimas Theodore Rodriguez, had “attacked her” in their bedroom, according to the arrest report. The victim

Photo by: wsvn Twelve people are safe after a large boat erupted in flames off Miami Beach. Miami-Dade, City of Miami and Miami Beach Fire Rescue boats responded to the burning 80-foot boat that was on the water near the Fontainebleau Hotel. Ten people were offloaded into a City of Miami Fire Rescue boat as two other crew members stayed on board to help crews with the fire suppression system to extinguish the flames. Firefighters made entry into the vessel

A 26-year-old man from Holiday died in a motorcycle accident early Thursday morning. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash occurred around 12:25 AM on US Alt 19, south of Manton Lane.The rider, operating an E-ride Pro motorcycle, was traveling northbound on the west shoulder of the road when he struck a ditch and overturned.  The rider died at the scene of the crash. The Florida Highway Patrol is currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the accident. Motorcycle accidents can

Two people reportedly stabbed a man early Wednesday outside of his home in St. Cloud, according to police. Officers, firefighters and medical personnel responded around 6 a.m. to a stabbing reported out of the Settlers Trail community, arriving to find the victim sitting in a chair at the entrance to the residence and the floor around him covered in his blood. Having suffered multiple stab wounds to his upper and lower back, as well as to his shoulder, the victim

Photo by: mypanhandle A Seagrove Beach restaurant was damaged after it caught fire early Thursday morning. According to the South Walton Fire District, they received a call around 2:30 a.m. related to smoke coming from Angelina’s Pizzeria and Pasta located on County Highway 30A. Fire officials said when they arrived, they saw smoke coming from the business. Firefighters fought the blaze for a few hours, later extinguishing the fire and assisting the property owners. No one was injured, fire officials