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A 35-year-old man appeared in federal court Monday after federal agents said they found child sexual abuse material and bestiality videos on his phone after he disembarked at PortMiami the day prior. According to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Police Department, United States Customs and Border Protection agents searched the cellphone of Ferry Maryanto on Sunday afternoon, which revealed “multiple videos/photographs” depicting child sexual abuse material. Authorities described videos showing boys and girls being raped or otherwise sexually abused

According to officials, a 49-year-old Sneads man died after a crash on Friday afternoon. The Florida Highway Patrol says a Nissan Rogue being driven by a 53-year-old Wesley Chapel man was headed west on SR-54 just after 3:30 p.m. According to troopers, the Sneads man was riding a Yamaha YZF-R3 east on SR-54. FHP says the Nissan did a U-turn into the path of the Yamaha at the intersection of Vandine Road and was hit by the motorcycle. According to authorities, the

Photo by: Malinda Revels. A van and a car collided Sunday afternoon west of Rock Road and Orange Avenue in St. Lucie County. St. Lucie County Fire Rescue confirmed the wreck happened at 4:29 p.m. with injuries reported. Air rescue was called to the scene. According to witnesses, two cars were involved in a head-on collision. Orange Avenue was shut down in both directions until the scene was cleared. The number or extent of injuries yet or the cause of

An 8-year-old Cape Coral girl called 911 after she said her father was drinking and driving on Sunday. According to the Cape Coral Police Department, around 11:08 p.m. officers received a call from a girl saying she was in her dad’s car and he had been drinking. CCPD arrived near the intersection of SW 19th Avenue and SW 32 Street, where they found Albert Coronado, 36, sleeping. Police say the car was running and the child was crying in the

Police arrested a southwest Miami-Dade man Friday in connection with a May road rage incident, according to an arrest report obtained by Local 10 News on Monday. Miami-Dade police accuse 33-year-old Christopher Acevedo, who lives in the West Kendall area, of attacking a senior at a traffic light just after 1:30 p.m. on May 22. According to the report, the incident happened at Red Road and Sunset Drive in an unincorporated portion of Miami-Dade bordering South Miami and Coral Gables.

Photo by: Local10 A person was taken to the hospital Monday morning after a cement truck overturned on the southbound lanes of Florida’s Turnpike in southwest Miami-Dade, authorities confirmed. According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, the crash involved multiple vehicles and a cement truck. Authorities said one person was transported to a nearby hospital due to the crash. Their identity or condition has not been announced at this time. Sky 10 flew over the scene around 11:15 a.m. where the cement

A man is dead after a hit-and-run on Moncrief Road early Monday morning, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. JSO responded to a call about a man dead on the side of the road just after 4 a.m. Monday. “We do have video surveillance. It does appear that he may have been struck by a vehicle based on looking at him, but we don’t know much else right now,” said Sgt. Robert Hungerford with the JSO Traffic Homicide Unit. JSO also

A 51-year-old man riding a motorcycle early Monday died in a crash in Brevard County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened around 4:32 a.m. on Malabar Road near Malabar Woods Boulevard. According to a crash report, the man was traveling above the speed limit when he was approaching a curve. He ran off the roadway and was thrown off the bike when it overturned, troopers said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. An investigation is

One person was killed and four others were injured in what appeared to be a drive-by shooting in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, Florida law enforcement officials say. Officers responded to the shooting just after 7 p.m., Fort Lauderdale Police Detective Ali Adamson said. When officers and fire crews arrived, they found five men with gunshot wounds. All the victims were transported to Broward Health Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, and one victim was pronounced dead at the hospital, according to

Two people were hospitalized early Friday morning after a minivan struck a parked box truck on Interstate 75 in Marion County. The accident took place at around 1:10 a.m. on Friday, June 14, near mile marker 348 on I-75 Northbound. According to Ocala Fire Rescue, a passerby reported that a vehicle had veered off the roadway, crashing into a truck that was parked on the shoulder. When OFR crews arrived on scene, they observed a rear-end collision that involved a

A 35-year-old woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Bradford County Saturday morning, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The crash report said a pickup truck was traveling eastbound on State Road 100 near L.M. Gaines Boulevard around 2:45 a.m. when it ran off of the road to the right and then back across the lanes of travel. The right side of the truck then collided with a tree, troopers said.  The victim was pronounced dead on scene, the report

Photo by: NbcMiami Newly released body camera video from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office captured the moment a deputy was shot during a shootout that left a family of three dead Saturday night in Tampa. A woman initially called for help, saying her husband had been shot, NBC6 affiliate WFLA reported. However, while the caller was on the phone with the dispatcher, several more shots were reportedly heard on the phone. Deputies later arrived at the scene, where they found Christos Alexander, 19, and his