Florida's Recent News

A man from Bonita Springs has been arrested after allegedly driving under the influence and hitting multiple parked cars in Naples. North Collier Fire and Collier County EMS crews responded to the incident at 9:21 p.m. Tuesday. According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, 19-year-old Jose Cornelio Soto reportedly sideswiped a vehicle on Immokalee Road and hit multiple parked cars inside the Amberton community before finally crashing into a tree on Dancing Wind Lane. Witnesses said Soto sideswiped their vehicle while traveling east on Immokalee Road near

Officials are investigating a drowning of a man while kayaking in North Lauderdale. Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) and North Lauderdale Fire Rescue units were dispatched to the scene of a possible drowning in the area of 871 SW 66th Ave in North Lauderdale just before 8 p.m., Tuesday. According to police, a 38-year-old man drowned while kayaking in a nearby canal. A body was seen being pulled out of the water as investigators taped off the area near the canal.

A man was killed in a deputy-involved shooting Saturday morning in Satsuma, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said it all started Friday night when they received two calls involving 31-year-old Phillip Allen Baldwin. The first call came at 11:30 a.m. from a woman on Shell Harbor Road who called “screaming for help” and referenced a carjacking, officials said. As deputies were responding to that call, a second call came around 12:36 a.m. involving a disturbance on North Second Street.

There is a law enforcement presence in New Hope after a suspect wanted in a late-night shooting barricaded himself inside a neighboring home off of Shell Point Road. According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to a verbal dispute around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday which later resulted in shots being fired. Officials have identified the suspect as 55-year-old Hueland Todd Brown. In a news release, two people were injured in the shooting but deputies said they are

A 63-year-old Palm Harbor man was arrested after driving the wrong way and crashing into another vehicle in Clearwater Beach on Friday night, according to police. Officials say the crash happened just after 9 p.m. on Mandalay Avenue at Papaya Street. According to Clearwater police, Don Carr was driving a 2005 Dodge Durango south in the northbound lanes when it collided with a 2024 Mazda SUV. Authorities say Carr was charged with DUI with property damage and booked in to the Pinellas

Photo by: West Palm Beach Police Department. A crash on Northlake Boulevard has sent the driver and a toddler to St. Mary’s Medical Center, according to the West Palm Beach Police Department (WPBPD). Officials reported responding to a call at 4:31 p.m. regarding a single-car crash on the Eastbound lanes of Northlake Boulevard just east of the Publix located at 10130 Northlake Boulevard. WPBPD stated that a man with a toddler in a Tesla veered off the road and then

An officer was shot while responding to an armed burglary on Hutchinson Island, according to the Fort Pierce Police Department (FPPD). FPPD reported that on Sunday morning, just before 6 a.m., officers responded to an armed burglary on Bayshore Drive near the Seaway Market & Deli. Fort Pierce Police Department Chief Diane Hobley-Burney said three officers responded. “We (FPPD) arrived approximately six minutes after the initial call was there. So we responded quickly,” said Chief Hobley-Burney. Upon arrival, officers stated

A 25-year-old woman shot Saturday in Beulah has died from her injuries. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the update Wednesday morning, saying a death investigation is now underway. The incident happened Saturday night at a home on Cali Lane. Deputies arrived to the home before she was transported to the hospital. No further details were released on the circumstances of the shooting. An investigation is ongoing. At Ovadia Law Group, we are committed to fighting for the rights of victims of

A man arrested early Tuesday by Osceola County deputies is accused of throwing a 10-year-old girl out of his pickup truck and leaving her to walk home in the dead of night amid a visitation dispute, according to the sheriff’s office. Hector Serrano, 30, faces a charge child neglect without great bodily harm. He was booked at the Osceola County Jail on a $2,500 bond, records show. A deputy responded around 12:47 a.m. Tuesday to the area of Scott Boulevard

A Tennessee man was arrested in Destin on Monday on charges of child abuse and battery after a road rage incident, according to an arrest report. The report states that 34-year-old William Goforth possibly got cut off on the road by a driver in a red Toyota truck that was turning east on US Highway 98. The driver was later identified as a juvenile. Goforth then drove around the Toyota driver and began break-checking, leading to both vehicles stopping on

A Crestview woman was charged with animal cruelty on Monday after taking her roommate’s pet jumping spider and drowning it in Ginger Ale, according to an arrest report. The arrest report states that 43-year-old Ilena Rasmussen texted her roommate and admitted to drowning the jumping spider after the roommate said she could not find her pet spider or its cage. According to the report, Rasmusen took the $70 spider while Marrero was away from their shared home. Rasmussen was released

Springfield police are warning their residents about an old scam that is still taking advantage of the unsuspecting. Only this time they say they caught the scammer. According to officials, 61-year-old Antonio Brown called a Springfield resident Thursday, telling them they won $850,000 and a new car from the Publisher’s Clearinghouse Sweepstakes. Brown allegedly told the victim he needed $800 for the taxes and would be at their house in an hour to collect it. He knew the victim’s name,