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Good Samaritans rescued a 5-year-old boy from a hot car while his mother shopped at Walmart Monday, according to authorities. Louis-Jacques Martine, 62, appeared before a judge in bond court Tuesday, accused of child neglect without great bodily harm. Authorities said someone in the Walmart parking lot on Pines Boulevard near South Flamingo Road noticed the child was left alone inside of a car with the engine off and windows rolled up. He “appeared to be scared and distraught,” an

Photo by: nbc-2 An 81-year-old poll worker was rescued after her car went into a pond early Tuesday morning at the Covenant Church of Naples. The woman, identified only as Sandra, was preparing for a day of work at the polls when the incident occurred. Jackie Ardoline, a campaigner who arrived at the church around 6:30 a.m. to support candidates on the ballot, spotted Sandra’s car sinking into the water. Ardoline, who typically enters the church through the main entrance,

Photo by: fox35orlando Crews are working to locate a driver after a car was found submerged in water Wednesday morning in Orlando. A spokesperson for the City of Orlando Fire Department said they received a call around 6:30 a.m. about a vehicle spotted in Lake Fairview near Lee Road. When crews arrived, they found the vehicle immersed and empty. It is currently unknown whether the driver was still in the car when it went into the water. Dive teams are

Photo by: Hillsborough County Fire Rescue A fire fully engulfed a home in Plant City late Tuesday night, leaving two dogs dead, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue.  According to HCFR, at around 8:53 p.m., they responded to the house fire on Frank Moore Road after receiving 911 calls from a homeowner reporting smoke and flames.  Responding units arrived to find a two-story home fully engulfed in smoke and flames. Firefighters ‘rapidly set up,’ HCFR reported but faced a setback when a roof partially

Photo by: wsvn A man operating a scooter is in critical condition after being involved in an accident at the intersection of Southwest 27th Avenue and Coral Way. According to Miami Fire, they responded to the scene Tuesday morning and found a 64-year-old male thrown from the scooter. The patient was transported to Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition with multiple injuries. 7Skyforce hovered above the scene of the crash where debris from the scooter was scattered in the road.

Photo by: wsvn A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was involved in a crash following a police pursuit. Officials responded to Northwest 95th Street and Seventh Avenue in Northwest Miami-Dade. 7News cameras captured the FHP patrol vehicle with damage to the front-end. A white BMW had damaged to the back-end of it and was parked on the median of the road. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue was also captured on scene. According to Fort Lauderdale Police, one of their drug investigative vehicles spotted

A 48-year-old man was arrested by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office after he allegedly exposed himself, damaged a married couple’s vehicle, and struck a law enforcement officer outside a funeral home in Ocala. On Sunday, August 11, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office sergeant and corporal responded to Forest Lawn Funeral Home located at 5740 S Pine Avenue in reference to a naked man who was “causing a disturbance,” according to the arrest report. The man was later identified as 48-year-old

Photo by: fox35orlando A woman in her 30s was found dead inside a burned-out vehicle on Tuesday afternoon in Orange County, authorities said. Orange County Fire Rescue and deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office responded to the incident around 2:20 p.m. on the 5000 block of Glasgow Avenue in the Dr. Phillips area.  When authorities arrived, the vehicle was fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters pronounced the woman dead at the scene.  The State Fire Marshal’s office is leading the

Photo by: fox35orlando Two crashes were to blame for heavy traffic on Interstate 4 in Volusia County near mile marker 105 in DeBary on Tuesday afternoon.  I-4 has since reopened.  I-4 westbound The inside and center lanes on I-4 westbound were blocked due to a jackknifed semi-truck, according to Florida Highway Patrol.  The outside lane on I-4 eastbound was blocked due to a semi-truck crash with two other vehicles involved, troopers said.  This is a developing story.  Comprehensive Legal Support

Fort Pierce police said Tuesday a 15-year-old boy is in critical condition in the hospital after he was shot during a fight over a gun. The Fort Pierce Police Department said officers responded to 431 North 25th St., outside a Wings Hut restaurant, just before 8 p.m. Monday. Police said the teen and another person were fighting over a gun, and during the fight, the weapon fired and the 15-year-old was shot. The teen was taken to HCA Florida Lawnwood

A few weeks after being apprehended during a multi-day child sex sting operation in Marion County, a 59-year-old Ocala man has been arrested on an indictment charging him with attempted enticement of a minor. On Friday, August 16, U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that Scott Alan Colson has been arrested following the indictment, which alleges that Colson attempted to entice a 15-year-old girl to have sex. Colson was indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday, August 6. According to

Two employees with the Florida Department of Children and Families were arrested just a day apart, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Around 2 a.m. on Sunday, deputies responded to a single-vehicle crash on Saddle Creek Road in Lakeland, after the driver crashed into a utility pole. The driver, Evelyn Ross, 47, of Auburndale, told the deputy she “made a bad choice and had had a lot to drink,” according to the sheriff’s office. Ross had bloodshot eyes, a