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Photo by: wfla Bradenton police rescued a dog from a hot vehicle on Monday, the department wrote on Facebook. The Bradenton Police Department said officers responded to reports of the dog locked in a vehicle that was not running with windows cracked less than an inch. The dog appeared to be distressed and her owner could not be located, so police smashed the window to prevent the dog from suffering serious harm. It was reportedly 90 degrees outside when the dog

Photo by: ACFR Firefighters from multiple units extinguished an electrical fire in a residential Newberry home on Sunday afternoon. According to an Alachua County Fire Rescue (ACFR) release, units from Newberry Fire Rescue, High Springs Fire Rescue and ACFR responded to a residential structure fire at 2:10 p.m. located in the 17000 block of NW 40th Place. Upon arrival, crews found a working fire in the two-story residential structure with dark, heavy smoke coming from the doors and eves. Firefighters kept

Photo by: Port. St. Lucie Police A 24-year-old man died Monday following an apparent industrial accident that police are investigating, according to Port St. Lucie Police. Police and the St. Lucie County Fire District about 11 a.m. Monday went to the incident on Southwest Becker Road between Southwest Village Parkway and Range Line Road. The area, which is west of Interstate 95, is under construction and not open to the public, said Sgt. Dominick Mesiti, police spokesperson. “Preliminary investigation revealed

A 45-year-old man and a four-year-old girl are recovering after a shooting on Saturday afternoon, and two people have been arrested following an investigation into the incident in Orlando, according to police.  The incident happened just before 12:20 p.m. on Saturday in the 700 block of Oxalis Avenue.  When police responded, they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds and a child who was also hit by gunfire, who was taken to the hospital by someone at the scene. Police

A woman, an infant, and a dog were killed in a fatal car accident near the Ocala National Forest on July 4 after their van was was struck head-on by a sport utility vehicle that crossed into oncoming traffic while attempting to pass another vehicle. The fatal car accident took place just before midnight on Thursday, July 4 along State road 19 in Putnam County, about a mile north of the Marion County line. According to a report from the

 A 78-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 4 in Kissimmee on Monday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.  The incident happened just before 1:40 p.m. on I-4 west near US-192.  A Toyota Corolla was parked on the outside shoulder of the interstate with its hood raised when a pedestrian outside the car “possibly entered the outside lane,” troopers said. That’s when the man was hit by an unknown vehicle that fled the scene.  The man

Police are investigating a shooting that happened at an apartment complex in Lake Mary over the weekend.  The incident happened just before 7 p.m. on Saturday at The Fairways at Lake Mary, according to the Lake Mary Police Department. The apartment complex is located at 700 Oakland Hills Circle.  Police said this was an isolated event and there’s no apparent threat to the community.  Suspect and/or victim information has not been released at this time.  Anyone with information about this

A man who fell asleep in the drive-thru of a Lakeland Taco Bell has been accused of driving under the influence. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said on July 6, deputies arrived at the Taco Bell at 2520 U.S. Highway 92 East around 10 a.m. in response to reports about a suspicious person. There, they found Marcus Jamar, 34, who deputies said had fallen asleep in the driver’s seat of a white Nissan Altima while it was running and stopped

Police are investigating a domestic stabbing that left a woman seriously injured in Lauderhill on Saturday evening. A couple got into an argument at a home near Northwest 12th Street and Northwest 58th Avenue before it escalated to the man stabbing the woman, according to Lauderhill Police. Lauderhill Fire Rescue arrived to the house and transported the woman, who has not been identified, to Broward Health Medical Center in critical condition. The alleged stabber fled the scene before officers arrived,

UPDATE – MONDAY JULY 8 41-year-old Richard Burt is now being held in Escambia County Jail on charges of drug possession, larceny, and probation violation. Deputies are investigating the shooting of a 23-year-old woman Friday night in Escambia County. It happened in the 3800-block of E Mallory Street. According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, upon arrival, deputies found the woman with a gunshot wound. She was transported to the hospital. Deputies continue to investigate the circumstances of the shooting.

A 31-year-old man is accused of dangling a child from the second-floor balcony of a Daytona Beach resort and dropping him, according to the Daytona Beach Police Department. Officers responded to Sandlewood Resort in Daytona Beach around 8 p.m. on Saturday. According to an arrest affidavit, Brandon Gilmore, 31, told the child’s mother, who he had met hours earlier at the resort pool, that he was going to play with the child outside to “scare him a little bit.” Gilmore

A pedestrian was critically injured Friday afternoon in a crash in Port Orange, according to the Port Orange Police Department. Police said Marguerite Cuomo, 84, was hit around 2:16 p.m. near the Publix located on Taylor Road in Port Orange. She was taken to Halifax Hospital in Daytona Beach, police said. The department reported said driver of the vehicle is being cooperative with the investigation and no criminal charges are currently pending. No other persons or vehicles were involved, according