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A young couple from Georgia was arrested Saturday afternoon after Volusia County deputies say they found them drunk and asleep in the sand in Daytona Beach, and their children were nowhere to be found. An anonymous caller reported the couple to 911, and it took a deputy eight attempts to wake the two up, according to an arrest affidavit. “I went and read the report, and I’m like, ‘You got to be kidding me,’” Sheriff Mike Chitwood said. Deputies asked

Two skydivers in Lake Wales were injured after landing off course, police say. According to the Lake Wales Police Department, emergency personnel responded to the downtown area around 3 p.m. on Monday in reference to a group of skydivers who had landed off course. Officials say they located three skydivers in the area between Seminole Avenue and Wiltshire Avenue along Scenic Highway. One skydiver was not injured, but police say two other skydivers made hard landings and sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

 The 39th traffic fatality in Jacksonville this year happened on Monday night when a motorcyclist crashed into an SUV on Kernan Boulevard, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. JSO said around 8 p.m. a motorcyclist was riding north on Kernan Boulevard as an Acura SUV was traveling south on the same street. The SUV made a left turn on Ashley Melisse Boulevard, and the motorcyclist hit the SUV’s passenger side, according to JSO. The motorcycle driver died at the scene.

Drivers are expected to see major delays after a crash brought northbound traffic to a halt on Florida’s Turnpike in Indian River County. According to Florida 511, the multi-vehicle crash occurred before Mile Marker 174, near the Fort Drum Wildlife Management Area, at 6:48 p.m. on Monday.  Traffic cameras show congestion in the area, semi-trucks and cars stuck bumper to bumper in the night. Florida 511 said the traffic is backed up to Mile Marker 171.  The severity of the

A man who allegedly watched a 13-year-old girl shower in her Coral Gables apartment has been arrested on voyeurism and other charges, police said. Jose Antonio Mendez, 35, was arrested Sunday on charges of voyeurism, trespassing, burglary, possession of burglary tools, possession of drug paraphernalia, petty theft, Miami-Dade jail records showed. According to arrest reports, the alleged incident happened Saturday night at an apartment complex on Oviedo Avenue. The teen said she was showering in her bathroom when she noticed

A 23-month-old died of blunt force trauma injuries three days after he was admitted to a Florida hospital, authorities said. His mother’s boyfriend has been charged with murder. A man babysitting his girlfriend’s 23-month-old is accused of killing the child when he became “overwhelmed,” Florida authorities said. Bobby Curry Jr., 20, faces charges of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse, Lakeland Police Department Chief Sam Taylor announced Monday, March 18. The incident occurred March 5, when Taylor said Curry was

A Georgia woman died last week after she dropped an AirPod under a conveyor and got caught in a chain that moves the machine while reaching for it, authorities said. According to an incident report from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, a witness told investigators that line worker Alyssa Drinkard, 21, dropped the AirPod below the conveyor while on shift at a plant for Club Car around 9:45 p.m. Friday. The company makes golf carts and other vehicles. When she tried

A 15-year-old girl died after a shooting in Cape Coral Sunday night, and the suspect(s) remain on the loose. According to the Cape Coral Police Department, the shooting happened at SE 20th Street and SE 16th Place just before 10 p.m. Kayla Rincon-Miller was shot and taken to the hospital, where she later died. CCPD said Rincon-Miller and two other girls had just seen a movie at the Coralwood 10 movie theater and were walking to a McDonald’s at 1715

New details were released Monday following a murder-suicide over the weekend in southwest Miami-Dade. According to Miami-Dade police, Luis Napoles, 40, arrived at his girlfriend’s condominium complex Saturday night and shot her just outside her unit. She was identified by police Monday as 25-year-old Meghan Moore. Police confirmed that officers responded to the Windsor Ludlum Trail Apartments, located off Bird Road and Southwest 70th Avenue, just before 9 p.m. and found Moore’s body. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

A Tampa mother is in the hospital and continuing to recover after nearly being killed a week ago by the father of her child.  Prosecutors said John Collins is responsible for attacking Heidi Slatcher, and he is now charged with attempted murder. But on Friday, he wanted out of jail.  Slatcher has suffered years of abuse from Collins, and prosecutors said earlier this month, it almost turned fatal.  On March 8, the defendant picked her up from work and drove her to a

Photo by: Florida Highway Patrol A Treasure Island man led troopers on a chase through Hernando, Pasco and Hillsborough Counties after he was spotted driving recklessly early on Saturday morning, according to officials. Troopers say they received reports of reckless driving on State Road 589 near mile marker 32 in Hernando County around 4:40 a.m. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the man behind the wheel, later identified as 45-year-old Charles Bynum, was seen driving a silver Kia Sportage near southbound mile marker 24. Troopers

A woman has died after being shot in Orange County early Sunday morning, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. Around 2 a.m., deputies responded to the area of SR-535 and Lake Bryan Beach Boulevard in regard to a shooting, a press release stated. Upon arrival, they found a woman in her 30s who had been shot, deputies said. She was taken to the hospital where she later died from her injuries, according to the sheriff’s office. The woman was