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A pet grooming employee has been fired after doorbell camera video shows him kicking a dog that he was grooming. The video, recorded last Monday, shows a man outside a home in Northeast Miami-Dade wearing a shirt that reads Deluxe Mobile Pet Grooming. He first kicks the small Maltese/Shih Tzu mix dog in the back of the neck then follows that by kicking it in the head. The company, with a business in Hialeah, told 7News via text message that

Lakeland Police say a man allegedly rammed multiple police vehicles in a shopping plaza parking lot and fled from police. Lakeland Police said they received calls around 12:45 p.m. Monday about a man who was asleep in a running car at a stop sign at 1700 Lakehurst Drive. Officers attempted to wake the man up, and when he awoke, he hit a vehicle with his car and left the area. Police located the man again a short time later at

 A teen who was struck by lightning last month in St. Petersburg has died, according to the Pinellas County Medical Examiner’s Office. Ashley King, 16, died at a hospital from injuries sustained on July 25 when lightning struck a popular banyan tree, officials said. Three other teens were under the tree at the time. “It had become clear over the past few days that the injuries Ashley suffered were too great to overcome,” the family wrote on their GoFundMe. “Fight as she did,

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Cape Coral man accused of animal abuse that caused the dog to die. Deputies identified the owner as Jonathan Urquizo, 26, after responding to the Blue Pearl Animal Hospital on Thursday around 6:30 p.m. Once deputies arrived at the animal hospital they met with employees who said the 16-yer-old Golden Labrador named Molly was in for emergency treatment. The report states Molly was thin and weak with maggots crawling from her rectum. The

A 41-year-old man with several prior DUI convictions was arrested with an unopened case of Twisted Tea and a cold, empty can in his car’s cupholder after a deputy allegedly witnessed him swerve over the center line, use the wrong turn signal, and flee from a traffic stop.  On Sunday, August 18, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy observed a red Ford SUV that was drifting over the center line while traveling northbound on SE 170th Avenue. The driver, later

An Ocklawaha man was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after causing a traffic accident near a Burger King. An officer responded to a single vehicle accident with airbag deployment near Burger King, located at 1201 N. 14th Street, around 9:04 p.m. Tuesday, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg Police Department.  The officer arrived at the scene to see an orange two-door Ford Mustang and its registered owner, 31-year-old Jonathan James Petrone, getting out of it. He used the

The driver of a golf cart was seriously injured Monday afternoon in a collision with a small SUV near a Palm Beach resort. According to the Palm Beach Police Department (PBPD), the crash happened around 1 p.m. at the intersection of S. County Road and Pine Walk, which is in front of The Breakers. Authorities did not indicate what happened to cause the wreck. The golf cart’s driver was taken to the hospital, the police department’s statement continued, adding that

Photo by: Local10 Medics took a dump truck driver to the hospital after a crash on Florida’s Turnpike in northwest Miami-Dade late Monday morning. The crash happened at around 11 a.m. in the Turnpike’s northbound lanes near Northwest 106th Street, west of Medley. Images from traffic cameras showed the truck flipped onto its side. According to county fire officials, rescuers extricated the driver from the dump truck. He or she was being taken to a local hospital, a Miami-Dade Fire

Photo by: WEAR News Traffic is blocked after a crash Monday morning on Lillian Highway in Escambia County. It happened around 10:20 a.m. near Little Creek Lane. A power pole is down in the area following the crash. No further details have been released. Check back here for updates Car accidents can happen in an instant, but their impact can last a lifetime. Ovadia Law Group is here to support you through the aftermath, providing expert legal representation to ensure

Latoya Johnson was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for murdering a man inside Patellini’s Restaurant in downtown Sarasota two years ago, according to officials. The State Attorney’s Office for the 12th Judicial District says a jury convicted Johnson of second degree murder with a firearm, tampering with evidence, and carrying a concealed firearm on July 12, 2024. Authorities say Johnson shot Alain Sierra around 1:45 a.m. at Patellini’s Pizza on Jan. 1, 2022. According to police officers, video

A 24-year-old Mississippi man was arrested after he battered, strangled, and held a firearm to a woman’s head in Destin on Saturday, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. OCSO was able to locate Gabriel Castillo after he fled the scene and charged him with domestic violence strangulation and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to deputies. The victim is on the road to recovery, according to the OCSO. Castillo is currently being held in Okaloosa County Jail with

Photo by: WPTV – Staff A jury in Palm Beach County awarded postal worker Christy Trimbath more than $5.5 million. She was struck by a city garbage truck while she was removing mail from her van and was thrown 15 feet. Trimbath’s lawyer said she became too disabled to work as a result of the wreck. WPTV broke the story of Trimbath’s crash and struggles in June. Video of ‘violent, graphic’ crash that injured postal worker to be shown in