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LITHIA, Fla. – More than one week after deputies say an argument between a lawn care worker and a postal worker ended in death, a man has been arrested. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office says it arrested Mark Calloway, 60, for the stabbing death of 29-year-old Jacob Whitaker. Deputies say they were called to the 5600 block of Tanagerlake Road around 1 p.m. on Oct. 22 for reports of a stabbing. When they arrived, deputies found Whitaker unresponsive in the

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The driver allegedly responsible for hitting and killing a pedestrian last week in SoHo has been charged with DUI manslaughter, Tampa police said. On Oct. 22 at around 2:46 a.m., police responded to the 400 block of South Howard Avenue in Tampa to find a pedestrian who had been struck by a vehicle. The driver, identified Friday as 27-year-old Pjeter Nesti Paci, was leaving a shopping plaza at Howard Avenue and Horatio Street when he hit

Picture by: Wfla ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A deadly shooting at a St. Petersburg construction site on Friday afternoon was self-defense, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department. The St. Petersburg Police Department said at 1:30 p.m., officers were called to a house under construction at 1400 Farragut Drive N. Police said there was a disagreement between a general contractor and a sub-contractor tile worker. The tile worker began to smash completed tile work when the general contractor, identified

Picture by: WCJB LAKE CITY, Fla. (WCJB) – A semi-truck crash on Interstate 75 in Columbia County caused delays on Friday afternoon. Online records show Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to a crash with injuries just after 1 p.m. on the interstate at mile marker 428, north of the U.S. Highway 90 exit. Fire rescue crews say the truck driver veered off the roadway and wrecked. Then the truck, hauling Christmas decorations, caught on fire. The driver was taken to

MIAMI – A man died after falling off a motorcycle on Friday in northwestern Miami-Dade County. According to Florida Highway Patrol troopers, the motorcyclist landed on the Palmetto Expressway’s southbound lanes in Hialeah Gardens. Fire Rescue personnel responded to the Palmetto, or State Road 826, near Northwest 103 Street, and took the man to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center. FHP temporarily closed four lanes while investigating what caused the motorcyclist to lose control and fall at about 11:30 a.m.

JUPITER, Fla. (CBS12) — A chemical spill in Jupiter led to one person in the hospital on Friday morning. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue (PBCFR) said at around 8:30 a.m., a landscaping truck carrying multiple containers of chemicals crashed into a tree on Military Trail, off Indiantown Road, resulting in a chemical spill and one person being hospitalized. At the scene, emergency responders said they found the wreck and one person was outside of the truck, on the ground. PBCFR

A Texas man was arrested on Halloween after putting a knife to a woman’s neck and threatening her life as she sat on a bench in Destin, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. 58-year old Paul Besinger of San Antonio is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The incident happened as the woman was sitting on a benchat 300 Mountain Drive in Destin. “The victim says Besinger approached her from behind, grabbed her by the hair, and

A 20-year-old Winter Springs man died early Friday after crashing an SUV through a Seminole County subdivision’s gate, then into a house, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The fatal wreck occurred around 2:30 a.m. in the area of Clayton Crossing Way and Hidden Cypress Lane, troopers said. According to an FHP crash report, the man was driving north on Clayton Crossing Way, approaching the gated entrance of the Clayton Crossing subdivision, when he failed to slow the vehicle and

Photo by WKMG ClickOrlando After hitting three cars, a drunken driver crashed into a fire hydrant and caused a washout Thursday night on Oviedo Boulevard, just north of Mitchell Hammock Road, according to officials. Oviedo police and firefighters responded to the crash around 10 p.m. and arrested the driver — 32-year-old Robert Garcia — at the scene, records show. When police arrived, an officer said he could smell alcohol on Garcia’s breath. Garcia was transported to the Seminole County Jail

A 30-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash early Friday morning in Walton County. It happened around 1:50 a.m. on County Road 30A approaching Preserve Place. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the 30-year-old Santa Rosa Beach man was traveling west on County Road 30A when his motorcycle ran off the roadway. He collided with a Walton County Sheriff’s Office road sign trailer. The driver of the motorcycle was ejected and landed in the roadway. A Chevrolet driven by a 30-year-old

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office released surveillance footage showing the moments an inmate attacked a deputy. The video was taken inside the Falkenburg Road Jail on Oct. 19. The attack lasted for several minutes before another inmate stepped in. Sheriff Chad Chronister filed a motion Thursday asking for the full video to be sealed by the courts. He said it shows how many surveillance cameras are in the jail and where they are. He also said it shows where deputies are

“I’m bleeding everywhere … blood everywhere.”  This is how a retired Miami-Dade corrections officer describes an attack by an inmate on Dec. 7, 2021.  Photos provided by Janel Navarro show her bloody uniform, a bruised eye, and a wound on her forehead.  Navarro, who spent most of her 25-year career at Metro West Detention Center, says she was working at the jail that day. She shared surveillance video that shows inmate Jermaine Jones getting out of his bunk and smashing