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Authorities are investigating a deadly motorcycle crash that happened on Englewood Road near Adams Road in Venice.  The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said they are assisting the Florida High Patrol with the crash. They said one death has been reported.  Two north and southbound lanes on Englewood Road are closed off, leaving one lane open in both directions, according to Sarasota County deputies.  Drivers are being asked to avoid the area while investigators are at the scene.  Revving Up Justice: Ovadia

One person is dead after multiple people were wounded late Wednesday in a shooting in an Orlando neighborhood, police said. The shooting happened around 11 p.m. in the area of Ironwedge Drive and South Lake Orlando Parkway. Orlando police said officers were called to the scene and found several victims, one of who was dead. The exact number of victims has not been released. “We are working to identify all victims and their conditions,” police said. Police also haven’t provided

A man in Riviera Beach was arrested Tuesday for shooting into a moving vehicle and blowing out the rear window earlier this week. On Sunday, shots were fired after an altercation between Stephan Patterson, 27, and the driver of a gray Honda, Tremaine Robinson, 40, according to the arrest report. During a sworn statement, Robinson said he was driving near the Marina along East 13th Street when he saw Patterson and pulled over to speak with him. “Do you want

A Hillsborough County deputy’s quick thinking helped save a 70-year-old woman’s life after he pulled her from a crash a few moments before the vehicle burst into flames Monday. Deputies were dispatched to Gunn Highway near Copeland Road around noon on Feb. 26 for reports of a crash. While on the scene, authorities found the woman had crashed through a fence and into a heavily wooded area. On Wednesday, the sheriff’s office released bodycam footage showing Deputy Bellamy’s live-saving rescue. “Can you

A Winter Haven man quickly learned that he couldn’t always have it his way when he pointed a gun at another vehicle in the parking lot of a Burger King. Winter Haven police say Brandon Williams, 27, let his temper get the best of him on Tuesday when he pulled into a Winter Haven Burger King parking lot around 4:35 p.m. as another vehicle was backing out of a parking spot. According to the Winter Haven Police Department, Williams honked his horn,

The St. Petersburg Police Department is searching for a man accused of running over his 35-year-old brother and leaving him in the street to die.  Tyree Gland, 34, is wanted for the murder of his brother, Taiwan James Gland.  Police say they were called to the intersection of 7th Avenue S. and 12th Street South shortly before 2:40 a.m. on Monday to investigate reports of a man lying in the road.  The man was later identified as Taiwan Gland and investigators say he

Photo by: fox13news The Tampa Fire Rescue is recognizing there is ‘no patient too small’ after freeing a puppy and driver from a car that had rolled over near Bayshore Boulevard on Tuesday. According to Tampa Fire Rescue, crews responded to a traffic collision involving a rollover and trapped driver near Bayshore Boulevard and Gandy. While working to extricate the driver, TFR comforted and cared for the driver’s dog, Gigi, who was uninjured but ‘very shaken.’  According to TFR, the driver suffered

A knife-wielding man was taken into custody and hospitalized after he was shot by a Miami Police officer near Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, officials said. The incident occurred around 10 a.m. Friday, near Ryder Trauma Center, located in the area of Northwest Eighth Avenue and 17th Street. When police arrived at the scene, they encountered the suspect armed with a knife. Cellphone video shared with 7News showed the tense moments between the man and Miami Police officers as they

Photo by: miami herald A Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputy was hospitalized after a car crash with a pickup truck that happened when she was driving to work from the mainland Tuesday evening, her department said. The crash happened around 5 p.m. at mile marker 126 in Florida City on the 18 Mile Stretch that leads to the Keys, according to the sheriff’s office. Initial reports are that the driver of the pickup pulled out in front of her near

State troopers are asking for help finding two drivers involved in separate fatal hit and run crashes in Marion County last week. The first crash occurred at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 16, on Sharpes Ferry Road just east of Northeast 68th Court near the Silver Springs State Park Campgrounds. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a vehicle struck a person on a bike in the area. The bicyclist was thrown from the bike and later died from their

A police report revealed that a woman and her accomplice kidnapped her roommate in West Miami-Dade, using a U-Haul truck, after she accused the victim of stealing her credit card. Twenty-nine-year-old Cristina Arrojo and 52-year-old Marcelo Asenjo Garcia appeared before Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy S. Glazer, Friday afternoon. “Forced the victim into the passenger cabin of the U-Haul truck,” Glazer said during Arrojo’s court appearance. Officials said the suspects were involved in the kidnapping of Amir Dalit Akbarnia, Arrojo’s roommate, at around