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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — One person has been taken into custody following a stabbing Thursday afternoon at a bus stop in northwest Miami-Dade, authorities confirmed. According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the stabbing was reported at 12:37 p.m. at the bus stop located at 1176 NW 79th St. Deputies responded to the scene and found a man suffering from stab wounds. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded and transported the victim to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition. The

MIRAMAR, FLA. (WSVN) – A woman was taken to the hospital after the man she had been dating opened fire — all while she was robbing him at his apartment in Miramar, police said. Miramar Police units responded to a call of a robbery at the Miramar Lakes apartments along North Preserve Way, off Pembroke Road, at around 2:15 a.m. on Friday. The man who called 911 said he was being robbed, investigators said. Officers arrived to find the injured

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — Several animals were rescued from a house fire in Escambia County Thursday evening. The fire was located in the 2200 block of Sparrow Lane. Two dogs and six cats were removed from the fire, the county says. The animals were given medical care. No additional injuries were reported. According to the county, the fire was under control by 5:30 p.m. It was completely out by 5:57 p.m. Suffering injuries in a fire accident can lead to

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A small plane veered off the runway, hit a sign and flipped upside down after landing at Peter O. Knight Airport on Thursday. The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. at the airport, which is located a few minutes from downtown Tampa on Davis Islands. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said two people were on board the Maule M-7 aircraft. According to officials, one of the occupants was taken to Tampa General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Some lanes of of Beach Boulevard are closed from Ryar Road to Dean Road as crews respond to an active commercial structure fire Friday morning, officials said. The fire was reported at a medical clinic in the 6400 block of Beach Boulevard, Jacksonville Fire and Rescue said. The name of the clinic was not clearly visible. JFRD confirmed there have been no reported transports. Damage was reported, but the extent was not immediately known as crews continued cleanup

BAKER COUNTY, Fla. – A school bus carrying students was rear-ended by a van Thursday afternoon in Baker County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. No injuries were reported in the crash. The collision happened around 3:20 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Lions Den Drive and State Road 121 in MacClenny. According to FHP, the school bus was stopped on Lions Den Drive, facing east, and was waiting to make a left turn onto State Road 121. A Kia van

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) – Five people were transported to UF Shands Hospital in Gainesville after a serious crash on U.S. 441 Southbound in Micanopy near Tuscawilla Road. At least one confirmed pediatric patient is being transported as well. The roadway is currently blocked, and officials are asking drivers to find an alternate route until it is reopened. The University of Florida sent out alerts identifying the incident as a mass casualty to let workers know about incoming patients. University officials

SECO Energy was on the scene of a downed pole Wednesday morning after it was knocked to the ground by a driver that crashed in a median in The Villages. The accident occurred on Buena Vista Boulevard at the entrance to the Village of Calumet Grove in the Marion County section of The Villages. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office originally responded to the scene of the crash, which is not far from its substation at Mulberry Grove. The investigation has

A customer enraged over stale bread allegedly slapped an employee at a Subway restaurant in The Villages. An officer responded to the assault at the Subway at Pinellas Plaza in The Villages around 11 a.m. Tuesday, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department. Dispatch advised that 43-year-old R M of Wildwood was upset about the hardness of his bread and slapped an employee in the face. When an officer arrived, he found the Subway employee had redness

A Leesburg teen was arrested for driving without a license after colliding with a hydrant and causing a minor flood. Kasey Hailie Clark, 19, crashed a Ford F-150 into a fire hydrant in front of Dollar Tree, located at 21761 U.S. Hwy. 441, around 6:55 p.m. Thursday, according to an arrest report from the Mount Dora Police Department. A passerby later told law enforcement about how the vehicle struck the hydrant, causing it to burst and create a minor flood

PALM SPRINGS, Fla. (CBS12) — A Palm Springs man was stabbed late Tuesday evening in a domestic disturbance, according to the Palm Springs Police Department. PSPD responded to a call at 10:43 p.m. on Greenbrier Drive, where they located a 62-year-old man suffering from stab wounds on the side of his stomach. The victim was rushed to the nearest hospital with non-life threatening injuries, says PSPD. Responding officers were able to apprehend the suspect, identified as 78-year-old J M and he

MIAMI — A woman riding a motorcycle was critically injured late Wednesday night in a hit-and-run crash in Miami, police confirmed. According to police, the crash was reported at 11:37 p.m. in the area of Northwest 37th Avenue and West Flagler Street. Police said officers arrived at the scene and found a woman in her mid-30s unresponsive in the roadway. A tourniquet was applied to the victim before Miami Fire Rescue transported her to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center in