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Photo by: Local10 Miami police are investigating after a woman and her 9-year-old daughter were struck by a van Wednesday. The incident occurred at the intersection of Northeast Second Avenue and 54th Street. A Local 10 News crew was at the scene as the driver of a Palm Medical Centers van was pacing along the yellow police tape that marked off the area where police said she jumped a curb, striking the victims as they stood on the sidewalk. According

The Florida High Patrol is investigating a crash after a Mercedes Benz driver crashed into a police patrol car on Tuesday. According to the FHP, the crash occurred around 3 a.m. when the Mercedes driver was exiting a Waffle House located on Eau Gallie Boulevard, took an improper left turn and started traveling west on the eastbound inside lane. Troopers said the Melbourne Police Department Patrol car was traveling eastbound on Eau Gallie Boulevard in the outside lane but began

A man who police say severely abused a 3-month-old in 2012 has been charged with murder, since the child involved has died. The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that Todd Perez, 32, was arrested for murder committed during a felony and booked in the Osceola County Jail. In December 2012, Perez was charged with aggravated child abuse and later pled to the charges and was sentenced to state prison in 2014. Due to the injuries, police say, the child

In a troubling incident occurring in Haines City, Florida, 28-year-old Taityana Duffy was arrested following her intervention in a fight between students at a school bus stop, where she not only instigated the confrontation but also physically attacked one of the juveniles involved. The Haines City Police Department, sharing video evidence of the event, highlights Duffy’s role in encouraging and joining the fight, an action that has alarmed the community and law enforcement alike. Escalation at a Bus Stop On

Police in Florida are investigating the death of a woman found dead in her apartment. On the afternoon of March 2, a person in an apartment complex called police when they saw a toddler wandering around by themselves, according to a March 5 news release from the Live Oak Police Department. Officers arrived and were told where the toddler lived, the police department said. They scooped up the child, but when they walked up to the apartment, they noticed the

A woman’s family is suing after she was killed by two alligators outside her Englewood home on July 15, 2022. According to the report, Rose Wiegand, 80, was in her yard trimming and pulling weeds near the seawall when she either fell or was pulled into the water by an alligator. Her cause of death according to a report was determined to be “cervical spine dislocation with contusions of the spinal cord due to blunt impacts to the head and

 A woman is facing a first-degree attempted murder charge for allegedly firing a gunshot at the father of her child while he was walking with his two children last month in southwest Miami-Dade. According to Miami-Dade police, Travonna Lashay Bowens, 36, called the victim on his cellphone while he was walking with his children near the 10000 block of Southwest 160th Street, just before 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 23. That’s when police said Bowens then drove to meet him in

Michael Shapiro, a 72-year-old resident of West Palm Beach, Florida, faces federal charges for allegedly threatening members of a Michigan-based Muslim civil rights organization. The indictment follows his earlier arrest for threats against Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell and his family. Targeted Community in Fear Shapiro’s indictment alleges that he left three menacing voicemails targeting the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Michigan Chapter, in December. Within these messages, he employed derogatory language and explicitly threatened violence against Muslim individuals, heightening apprehensions

In a harrowing case that underscores the long-term mental health ramifications of child sexual abuse, a 52-year-old Wellington man has been sentenced to life in prison. This sentence comes after a trial that exposed his prolonged sexual battery of his daughter, starting from her early childhood. Disturbing Pattern of Abuse Unveiled The victim, now in her 20s, bravely recounted her ordeal, which began at the tender age of 5. Her testimony detailed how her father engaged her in sexually abusive acts,

Oakland police arrested a juvenile following the shooting death of a man in January, according to the Oakland Police Department.  Maged Alazzani died Jan. 6 after being shot on the 2900 block of Linden Street in Oakland, police stated. Officers arrived at the scene around 8:15 p.m. after receiving a call reporting that someone was shot, police said. Police found evidence of a shooting at the scene, but Alazzani had gone to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead,

A Fort Myers man faces several charges after authorities say he was involved in a DUI crash that critically injured a toddler and another driver. Alexquang Dang Nguyen, 45, is charged with two counts of DUI causing serious injury; two counts of DUI with damage to property; and one count of DUI with injury to another. He remained in custody at the Lee County Jail on Monday morning without bond set. The wreck happened around 11:50 p.m. Sunday along State

 A 60-year-old Kendale Lakes man appeared in court on Tuesday accused of a vehicular homicide that happened over seven months ago in western Miami-Dade County. Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrested Carlos Oropesa-Jimenez on Monday and accused him of driving “in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons by not paying attention to an approaching hazard.” The troopers also accused Oropesa-Jimenez of “knowingly driving at over 20 mph the posted speed limit sign and driving in the sidewalk to