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 The arrest report for the now-former Okaloosa County corrections officer charged with murdering a woman at his Milton home states he tried to claim he shot her out of self-defense, but crime scene evidence suggested otherwise. CJ, 47, was arrested Saturday night in Santa Rosa County for the murder of 41-year-old BD. It happened around 9 p.m. at their shared home on Pinto Avenue in Milton. J has since been fired from his position as an Okaloosa County Corrections Sergeant. He is

 A teenage motorcyclist died after being struck by a car in Tampa on Monday evening, the Tampa Police Department said. The victim, identified only as a male in his late teens, was riding a 2008 Kawasaki on E Linebaugh Ave. at around 8:40 p.m., traveling east. A man driving a 2023 BMW was traveling west on E Linebaugh Ave., and both motorists were approaching the intersection with N 14th St. TPD said the driver of the BMW was making a

An 83-year-old Miami Beach man was arrested after he allegedly stabbed a woman at a senior housing complex, police said. JG was arrested Monday on an attempted second-degree murder charge in the incident that happened at the Rebecca Towers at 150 Alton Road, an arrest report said. According to the report, Miami Beach Police officers responded to the building after receiving a report that a woman was stabbed during a physical altercation with a male tenant. Officers found the victim

Photo by: (MCSO) A sewage truck rollover has resulted in a shutdown of Indian River Drive in both directions. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) said on Tuesday morning at 10:16 a.m. that the road is closed just north of Indian Riverside Park. Emergency responders, including Fire Rescue, are currently on the scene working to manage the sewage spill caused by the rollover. Officials said that cleanup efforts are underway but are expected to take some time, and are urging drivers

Photo by: wsvn A warehouse fire prompted a swift response from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue early Tuesday morning. Fire units responded to reports of a warehouse fire at Nando Grill, located in the 8300 block of Northwest 70th Street at 7:20a.m. At the scene, crews encountered heavy smoke and flames pouring from the rear of the building. While some firefighters climbed a ladder to gain access to the roof to ventilate the vacant structure, others went inside the building to locate

Photo by: wsvn A house fire that happened in a Northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood is under investigation. It happened in the area of Northwest 33rd Avenue and 101 Street. Flames and heavy smoke clouds of smoke could be seen billowing into the air. A man was sleeping inside the house when the fire first broke out. “I was inside. I was lying in my room and all of a sudden I heard a bam,” said Augustine Iyala.”I said I don’t have

Photo by: wsvn A small plane bound for North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines made an emergency landing on a levee in the Everglades after experiencing a mechanical issue. The distress call came in just before 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, before the pilot of a Cessna 172 with tail number N1213F made a crash landing roughly four miles west of US-27 and Sheridan Street. 7Skyforce hovered above the scene where the single-engine aircraft’s nose was buried in the sawgrass. Fire Rescue,

A 59-year-old man from Crescent City was killed early Tuesday morning in a hit-and-run crash on U.S. 17 in Putnam County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. According to FHP, the man was walking on U.S. 17 near Gail Drive just after 5 a.m. when he was hit by a pickup truck that then left the scene. The man died at the scene. Anyone with information about the hit-and-run crash or the vehicle or driver involved is asked to contact CrimeStoppers

 A 61-year-old Century man is dead following a two-vehicle crash near Atmore last Friday. According to Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Charles M. Cooper was fatally injured after colliding with a tractor trailer. The crash occurred around 2 p.m. on Alabama 21 near the 16 mile marker, approximately 10 miles north of Atmore. Cooper was driving a 2007 Ford Crown Victoria when he hit a 2023 Kenworth tractor-trailer driven by a 40-year-old Jay man, said the agency. The agency said Cooper

One person is dead after a camper trailer at the Palm and Pines in Nokomis caught on fire early Tuesday morning. Crews were dispatched to the Palm and Pines, a Lakeshore mobile home and RV community in Nokomis, around 1:10 a.m. The Sarasota Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations is investigating the incident. Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call the Criminal Investigation Section at 941-861-4900 or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers by calling 941-366-8477. The Importance

Photo by: (FL511) State troopers are reporting a deadly crash on Interstate 75 that blocked southbound lanes on Monday evening in Marion County. Troopers say the crash happened at Mile Marker 333 near the Villages. Troopers blocked lanes and started diverting traffic at the Highway 484 Exit in Marion County. This developing story will be updated as more information is learned. How Ovadia Law Group Builds Strong Car Accident CasesAt Ovadia Law Group, we know that a successful car accident claim

A person was found dead inside a car that was engulfed in flames Monday in southwest Miami-Dade, officials said. Deputies responded to a vehicle fire at around 7:22 p.m. in a Walmart parking lot in the area of Southwest 136th Avenue and 288th Street, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue eventually responded to the scene and extinguished the flames. A person, whose gender is currently unknown, was found inside the car and was pronounced dead at the scene,