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While proactively surveilling downtown Orlando, OPD Crime Center detectives recently observed a fight at the intersection of Magnolia Avenue and Central Boulevard. Police showed how quickly the Orlando Police Department Crime Center works when crime occurs. When they saw the fight downtown, the OPD Crime Center quickly alerted officers to the incident, providing suspect descriptions and tracking their direction of travel as they fled. Officers were able to locate and apprehend the suspects within minutes of the incident. A H

A Wildwood teen was arrested for battery after allegedly putting on a mask to punch a coworker over borrowed AirPods.  An officer responded to Target, located at 5580 Seven Mile Dr., for a physical disturbance involving 18-year-old EJN around 7:25 p.m. Sunday, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department. Upon arrival, the officer met with one of Ns’ coworkers in front of the store. She stated the incident started when she let N borrow her AirPods. When she asked for

A man was found to be in possession of pills after crashing his vehicle near the Village of Fenney. JPL Jr., 41, of Coleman, was involved in the crash at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday on U.S. 301 at Warm Springs Avenue, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department. L said he was on his way to Magnolia Plaza when his vehicle swerved and struck a utility pole. He claimed he’d put new tires on the vehicle and

A Villager was arrested after a fight with his lady friend in the kitchen at their home. DRM II, 55, of the Village of Caroline, is facing a charge of battery following his arrest at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday by Sumter County sheriff’s deputies. M and the woman were involved in an altercation when he “aggressively approached her,” got in her face and “began to yell at her,” according to an arrest report. She attempted to push M away in

Photo by: villages-news. A driver was injured after flipping her vehicle in a roundabout in The Villages. A 61-year-old woman was driving a 2020 Dodge utility vehicle shortly before 7 a.m. Sunday when the rollover crash occurred in the roundabout at the roundabout at Warm Springs Avenue and Fenney Way near then entrance to the Village of Marsh Bend, according to information from the Wildwood Police Department. The vehicle had to be towed from the scene. That roundabout has been

 A crash with injuries on I-95 South in Boynton Beach has blocked lanes on Tuesday morning. The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) said that the crash occurred at Exit 57, Boynton Beach Boulevard, at 6:39 a.m. According to FHP, the left lanes have been blocked. Officials reported that the crash involved injuries. Why You Need a Car Accident Lawyer After a car accident, navigating the legal system can be overwhelming. That’s why hiring a skilled car accident lawyer is essential. Ovadia Law Group

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery and shooting that happened in Seffner. Deputies responded to reports of a robbery and shooting at the 300 block of Tweed Avenue in Seffner around 2:00 a.m. According to HCSO, a woman called deputies and reported that her boyfriend had been shot by another person. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital with a graze wound to the back of the head. According to deputies, no arrests have been made.

 The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a patrol car crash on I-4 in Davenport early Tuesday morning. According to the Polk County Fire Rescue, one person was extricated at the scene, and two people were transported by ground to a local hospital, with one a trauma alert. The crash occurred around 12:28 a.m. in the westbound lanes of I-4 near milemarker 57. Real Client Stories: Justice Delivered Ovadia Law Group has earned glowing reviews from clients who’ve experienced life-changing results.

Firefighters are on the scene of a fire that broke out in a storage shed located on Sunset Vista Drive in Fort Myers late Monday night. According to the Iona-McGregor Fire District, the fire started in the shed, located off Winkler Road between College Parkway and McGregor Boulevard, around 11:30 p.m. A Gulf Coast News crew on the scene reported seeing a significant amount of smoke coming from the building, with firefighters spraying water from a ladder and working from

 A woman is in the hospital after the electric scooter she was traveling on collided with a vehicle, the Port St. Lucie Police Department (PSLPD) says. According to PSLPD, the crash happened on Monday night near St. Lucie West Boulevard and California Boulevard. At this time, officers are at the scene investigating the crash. Following the crash, the woman was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries, and the driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene. Police say

Fire crews extinguished fierce flames that erupted from the eighth floor of an Aventura high-rise apartment complex. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to the 2800 block of Northeast 183rd Street on Monday evening. Upon arrival, fire crews found heavy smoke coming multi-story building, and firefighters began conducting a fire attack to put the fire out. Due to the need for additional units, the call was upgraded to a first alarm, and later a second alarm. 7Skyforce captured residents of the building

Photo by: wjhg South Walton Fire District Firefighters responded to a structure fire on Monday near the area of Indian Woman Road in Santa Rosa Beach. Officials said a call reporting a home and nearby wooded area on fire came in at 1:40 p.m. When firefighters arrived on the scene, they reported a fire and heavy smoke were impacting a mobile home and spreading into the woods. We are told that pine straw on the roof of a neighboring home