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A Florida man accused of disrupting a Hooters restaurant before trying to break into a home in Lee County was arrested after the homeowner opened fire on the man, police say. Hugh McMenamin, 44, was arrested last week after he tried to break into a home in Cape Coral, leaving a path of destruction in his wake, according to local outlets. A police report states that earlier in the evening last Friday, McMenamin allegedly refused to leave a Hooters restaurant location, causing

The Indian River County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the fatal shooting of a man at the American Golf Club in Vero Beach. Deputies responded to a call at 6:43 p.m. from a woman claiming to have just shot her boyfriend. When law enforcement arrived at 100 Woodland Drive in Vero Beach, they discovered the victim’s body in an office at the American Golf Club. The victim’s girlfriend is in custody and being questioned, the sheriff’s office said. They said that

A former NFL cornerback is accused of crashing into multiple vehicles in a parking garage in Riviera Beach. The Riviera Beach Police Department (RBPD) said on Sunday, six vehicles were damaged following a major collision inside the Marina Grande parking garage at 2650 Lake Shore Drive. Investigators are working to identify the owners of the five vehicles involved in the collision, but the suspect — 60-year-old Timothy B. McKyer — was taken into custody. According to investigators, McKyer allegedly struck

Florida Highway Patrol said a man died on State Road 9B after he became airborne and hit the pedestrian bridge. According to the crash report, a 35-year-old man from Jacksonville was driving southbound toward St. Johns Parkway at around 2:10 a.m. Tuesday. Upon entering the intersection, the driver hit the curb on the right shoulder, became airborne and collided with the pedestrian bridge before flipping several times. The driver was ejected from his sedan and landed south of the pedestrian

Photo by: nbcmiami A crash involving a dump truck is causing major delays on Florida’s Turnpike Monday in Miami-Dade. It happened on the Turnpike south before exit 34 at Northwest 106th Street, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. It’s unclear what led up to the crash. FHP said there were injuries but did not specify how many or its severities. At least three left lanes were blocked as troopers responded to the scene. If you’ve been involved in a truck

A man said he was sitting in his car Sunday in Oakland Park when strong winds picked it up, flipped it upside down, and then it landed on the roof of another vehicle on his driveway. “I was in the car, bro,” he’s saying in disbelief while filming the aftermath. Just before, he’s filming while still inside his flipped car. He eventually lets himself out. A storm cell unleashed four tornados in South Florida over the weekend, forecasters with the National

A driver doing donuts caused neighborhood blackouts. More than 1,000 people lost power in Cape Coral after a driver lost control in an intersection. The crash happened Saturday around 7 p.m. on Oasis Boulevard and Beach Parkway W. Cape Coral Police officers on the scene told NBC2 someone lost control of their car while doing donuts at the intersection, struck a utility pole, continued up the front yard of a residence and then struck an LCEC power control box. People

An early morning fire near downtown Orlando burned through an old trailer where several people reportedly slept in the crawl space. The Orlando Fire Department responded to the fire after 1 a.m. on Avondale Avenue. The structure is an empty trailer next to the empty Griffin Park Public Housing project that is slated to be demolished. Zuhair Alsaedi, a security guard monitoring the empty housing complex, said he saw the smoke and fire at the trailer and rushed over, because

A man was critically injured on Friday night after being hit by a car, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Officials say a 62-year-old Bradenton woman was driving her sedan northwest on CR-638 (301 Boulevard East), approaching the intersection of 5th Street East around 9:40 p.m. Authorities say a man was walking northwest on the north paved shoulder of CR-638, approaching the same intersection. The man tried to cross the travel lanes and entered the path of the sedan, according

Two people were killed in a crash late Monday night in Tampa, according to police. According to the Tampa Police Department, officers responded to the intersection of McKinley Drive and Bougainvillea Avenue at 8 p.m. on Monday. On the scene, they found one man and one-woman dead.  Police said they closed the intersection until the investigation is completed. The cause of the death is still under investigation.  In the aftermath of a car accident, the Ovadia Law Group stands as your

Two pit bulls were captured on camera attacking a pug, with the owner also suffering bites during the brief incident. Jeannett Vescovi, accompanied by her dog “Jenetto,” was ambushed by the pit bulls while exiting her house. It all lasted less than 60 seconds.  “I was terrified. I was yelling, screaming for my husband to come out,” she said. Vescovi’s family, including her son, daughter, and husband, intervened, using a chair to fend off one of the pit bulls. Unfortunately,

Photo by: News4jax Two people were killed in a devasting fire in Yulee on Monday. It happened on Phillips Road around 5:30 a.m. and the cause of the mobile home fire is still being investigated. The Nassau County Fire Chief said a third person was transported to the burn unit in Gainesville, and because of the efforts of his brave firefighters, they have a chance to survive. There were multiple calls to 911 on Monday morning. “That gave the crews