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Gainesville Police Department (GPD) officers say they have arrested the man suspected of breaking into college-age women’s apartments and exposing himself near the University of Florida’s campus. Troy Baker Robinson, 36, from Atlanta, faces charges of burglary, false imprisonment and attempted sexual battery for two separate incidents that occurred in student residential areas after he was arrested Tuesday. According to GPD, the first incident occurred in the Midtown area around 2 a.m. Tuesday when Robinson entered a woman’s apartment on

A 51-year-old man is now behind bars after police say he shot a Domino’s delivery driver in Miami Tuesday night during an incident that allegedly stemmed from a language barrier. According to an arrest report from the Miami Police Department, Aaron Wallace Ford is facing one count each of aggravated battery with a firearm causing bodily harm, illegal possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and providing false identification after arrest. Miami police responded to a shooting around 11

A woman was killed as she was crossing the street in Deltona on Tuesday night, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.  The incident happened at around 9:30 p.m. at the intersection of Howland Boulevard and Lake Helen Osteen Road in Deltona.  The woman, whose identity has not yet been released, was trying to cross the street when she was hit by an SUV, deputies said. She was pronounced dead on the scene by Deltona Fire Rescue.  The sheriff’s office said

A man was arrested in Cocoa Beach after he allegedly stabbed another man who was waiting for an Uber, police said.  On July 28, deputies responded to the Dirty Oar Beer Company after a man had been stabbed several times. The man had been eating out with his family and was attempting to order an Uber in Cocoa Village when Jeremy Moore became verbally aggressive, an affidavit shows.  Moore reportedly attacked the man from behind, stabbing him in his neck and back.

Photo by: PSLPD Police provided an update on the three dogs who were left for dead in a wooded area in Port St. Lucie. The Port St. Lucie Police Department (PSLPD) said four dogs were abandoned on July 10 at a spot along Northwest FPL Drive. After the dogs were dumped, police noted in the video the dogs chased after the SUV that left them. By the time help got to the dogs, one of the pups had already died.

Photo by: wsvn Two suspects, who were involved in a reported shooting, were taken into custody following a pursuit that ended in a crash in Miami, police said. According to Miami Police, Miami-Dade Police officers followed the suspected vehicle as it drove on Biscayne Boulevard, at the intersection of 82nd Street, Wednesday afternoon. During the pursuit, three Miami Police Tactical Robbery Units responded and one of the units was involved in a rollover crash. The two subjects were ultimately taken

 A man was arrested after authorities say he shot a mother and son who were making a delivery to a Mexican restaurant in Brooksville on Tuesday. According to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, Donald Donell Jamison, 21, was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, attempted escape from law enforcement, and others, after a shooting that left a mother dead and her son injured.  At around 10:10 a.m. on Tuesday, deputies and Hernando County Fire Rescue responded to El Sol de Mexico restaurant at 31079 Cortez

Photo by: wftx Mango Drive in Bonita Springs often looks like a river. People who live there say when it rains, it looks like this: “This is probably the worst I’ve seen it,” Atlanta Tate, one resident said. Some of her neighbors with lower elevation say often times they can’t get home. She says ditches were dug in her front yard to stop the water from reaching her property. “It seems like every time we get a good storm this

Photo by: Fort Myers Fire Crews are on scene of a house fire in Fort Myers. The Fort Myers Fire Department says crews responded to heavy spoke and flames coming from a two-story house located at 10094 Chesapeake Bay Drive. No one was inside the home, but hamsters were found on the second floor. The animals’ status is unknown. Chief Tracy McMillion says the fire appears to have started with two cars. Crews are actively investigating. At Ovadia Law Group,

Authorities arrested a 20-year-old Lauderhill man on Tuesday after they said he was behind the wheel in a deadly hit-and-run crash in January. According to the Lauderhill Police Department, the crash happened at around 8 p.m. on Jan. 20 at Northwest 31st Avenue and Broward Boulevard. An arrest report states that the victim, who was panhandling at the intersection, was first hit by a driver in a Mercedes-Benz SUV who would stay at the scene; police said Jayden Isaiah Rodriguez, traveling “far

Photo by: Fox13news A construction worker died after an onsite accident at Tampa International Airport early Wednesday morning, according to airport officials. According to TPA, at around 7:41 a.m., airport police received reports of an accident involving a construction equipment operator. The worker had been working onsite on the Airside A shuttle guideway renovation project. The worker died from his injuries, according to authorities. Blue Arrivals traffic was rerouted to Blue Express Arrivals momentarily as authorities investigated the accident but have since reopened.

Photo by: Fort Myers Police Department Firefighters battled a structure fire in Marina Bay on Wednesday morning. The Fort Myers Police Department and local fire agencies responded to Marina Bay just before 11 a.m. There are no injuries reported. Police say the fire has been contained and the fire marshal is on the scene investigating. No further information has been provided at this time. You can count on NBC2 to provide updates as they are received. Fire accidents can result