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A Miami-Dade man is facing a murder charge after police said he killed his roommate with a machete. Jose Morales, 47, was arrested early Monday on a second-degree murder charge, records showed. The alleged incident happened at home in the 11800 block of Southwest 205th Street where Morales, the victim and a witness all live together as roommates, an arrest report said. On Sunday night, Morales arrived at the home and was involved in a verbal dispute with his mother

A Florida City man is facing an attempted murder charge after attacking another man with a machete over the weekend, according to the city’s police department. Florida City police said Cereste Lavaud, 53, pulled up to a home in the 500 block of Northwest 14th Street in his truck at around midnight Sunday, told the victim to come into the street, then struck him on the head twice with the machete, wounding him. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics would take the

A Davie man was arrested after a dispute over walking a dog escalated into the battery of his girlfriend’s parents, police confirmed Monday. The altercation began when Glenn Karant, 64, refused to walk the dog around 7 p.m. Sunday at his girlfriend’s home near the 11000 block of North Harmony Lake Circle in Davie. According to an arrest report, Karant, who was staying at the home, became agitated and began mumbling in English, causing tension with the couple who only

A 39-year-old man was arrested over the weekend after he caused a three-vehicle crash in Deerfield Beach while driving under the influence of alcohol, authorities said. According to his arrest report, the crash occurred around 8:15 p.m. Saturday on South Dixie Highway near the intersection of Hillsboro Boulevard. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies said the suspect, Marcus Vinicius Dos Santos, of Deerfield Beach, was driving north on South Dixie Highway in a vehicle that was not registered to him when he

A 24-year-old Pensacola man is charged for a shooting early Sunday morning at the Waffle House on Brent Lane in Escambia County. Dequanterrice Luckey is facing these charges: According to the sheriff’s office, the incident happened just after midnight on Sunday. The arrest report states a man arrived at the Waffle House to eat. As he was walking in, Luckey asked him for a cigarette and he gave him one. According to the report, the man then went inside and

1:50 p.m. UPDATE: The northbound lanes of Roosevelt Boulevard near Avent Drive are now open, police say. A person was hospitalized with serious injuries Monday morning after a crash on Roosevelt Boulevard, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. Northbound lanes of Roosevelt Boulevard near Avent Drive are shut down due to the crash, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. This is near Naval Air Station Jacksonville. Drivers are encouraged to seek alternate routes When you’ve been involved in a

A South Florida family escaped an apartment fire and now need a new place to live. The incident happened Sunday night at the apartment building near Federal Highway and Southeast Fifth Street in Dania Beach. Residents were able to get out safely as firefighters battled the blaze. The cause of the fire is not yet known. Fire accidents can lead to devastating damage and serious injuries, leaving victims overwhelmed with physical, emotional, and financial burdens. At Ovadia Law Group, we

A fatal collision involving a pedestrian and Brightline train on Monday has closed a road in Delray Beach, police said. According to a post on X just before 11 a.m. by police, the incident occurred near the intersection of Atlantic and Railroad avenues. Southeast First Avenue was back open after an earlier closure, according to a post by the city just before 11:30 a.m. However, Southeast Second Street remained closed, and drivers were urged to use alternate routes. The name

Photo by: Fox 4 The Cape Coral Police Department says a juvenile riding an electric scooter was hit by a car on Friday. Police say the child has serious injuries. We’re working to get more details on the victim’s age – as police have only told us that they are a juvenile at this time. Police say this happened on Kamal Parkway and Santa Barbara Boulevard. This is a developing story Electric scooter accidents can lead to serious injuries and

Dr Eric Eiselman, an optometrist popular in Fort Myers has been killed following a tragic accident on Winkler Road that has left his family, particularly his wife Tara and kids, completely devastated. Eiselman’s death occurred following a tragic turn of events that led to a golf cart he was driving crashing with a propane tanker in Fort Myers around 10:41 AM on Saturday, September 7th. The crash left Eiselman with fatal injuries and led to him being pronounced dead on the scene.

Two people are dead after a fiery crash Friday afternoon in Hendry county. Florida highway patrol says a pickup truck and SUV were traveling east on State Road 80, while a tractor trailer was traveling west. That is when the pickup sideswiped the SUV then traveled across the median and collided with the tractor trailer. Upon the collision, both vehicles became engulfed in flames. Crash left two men, 47-year-old and 18-year-old, from Labelle dead. The driver of SUV was uninjured,

Two people were killed after a serious crash between two cars Sunday afternoon on U.S. Highway 41 near Seminole Drive, Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release. The crash shut down the northbound lanes of U.S. 41 for several hours, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office posted on X. One car was reportedly traveling north on the outside travel lane of U.S. 41 approaching the intersection of Seminole Drive. Another car was traveling east on Seminole, approaching the intersection of US