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A Miami-Dade school custodian was arrested Wednesday after police say he attacked a fellow employee at Van E. Blanton Elementary and was later found carrying a loaded handgun in his backpack. The incident occurred around 9:20 a.m. at the school, located at 10327 NW 11th Ave., in the county’s Pinewood neighborhood, according to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department. Police say DJS, 46, of northwest Miami-Dade, followed the victim and another school employee down a stairwell before

 A man working for a subcontractor died on Friday after he fell off a 15-foot ladder while working at St. Augustine City Hall in the Lightner Museum, according to a spokesperson for St. Johns County Fire Rescue. The man, who worked for Blanchard Coating and Caulking, was taken to Flagler Hospital, where he died. “A team member of Blanchard Caulking and Coating experienced a medical incident on Friday morning. It is with deep sadness that we can report that he

 A 41-year-old Cocoa man is dead after a hit-and-run crash in Escambia County on Friday. Troopers say the incident occurred around 4:02 a.m. and involved a white SUV and a pedestrian near the intersection of East 9 Mile Road at the intersection of University Parkway. The driver of the hit-and-run SUV, a 34-year-old Pensacola man, turned himself in to FHP Friday evening. The SUV involved has been located and is now in the possession of the Florida Highway Patrol. The

A 38-year-old man wanted for several felonies is dead following a deputy-involved shooting at an Arby’s in Escambia County Thursday evening. Family identified the man as DLHs, who they say worked in Arby’s kitchen. According to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, he had felony warrants from a June 13 incident where he’s alleged to have committed “Domestic Battery Strangulation, Aggravated Assault by holding a screwdriver to the victims throat, Burglary, and Grand Theft.” Deputies learned on Thursday that H was

Photo by: Sky Fox The Brief A semi-truck ran off the road and overturned on Friday morning in the Pine Hills area, troopers say.  What happened? What we know: The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) says the crash took place Friday morning in Orange County. Troopers say a 2009 semi-truck with a trailer was traveling southbound on North Pine Hills Road, north of Balboa Drive.  Officials say the driver of the truck failed to negotiate the curve, ran off the roadway right

A 33-year-old man was shot and killed early Friday morning inside a Miami apartment, authorities said. Officers responded to a call of a man shot around 1:38 a.m., according to Officer Michael Vega, a spokesman with the Miami Police Department. When officers arrived at the apartment complex, authorities said they found the victim, who has not yet been identified, inside the fourth unit of the apartment building. They said the man was transported by Miami Fire Rescue to Jackson Memorial

A person was killed in a single-car crash Thursday afternoon in Osceola County, according to Florida Highway Patrol. FHP said a 2022 Honda Civic was traveling east on Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway east of Westside Boulevard when it ran off the roadway. The car hit a pole, killing the person inside. No other details have been released. The crash is under investigation. Ovadia Law Group: Your Partner in Recovery Recovering from a car accident isn’t just about healing physically it’s

Credit: FDOT Southbound traffic on I-275 was at a standstill Friday morning after a crash with injuries on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge caused first responders to close all but one lane of traffic. The crash was reported shortly after 7:30 a.m. Friday on the southern end of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. All but one southbound lane was closed as first responders worked to assess the crash. Two ambulances were seen on scene from FDOT traffic cameras. At this time, it’s

Photo by:(FDOT) A multi-vehicle crash has caused traffic delays on I-275 North in Hillsborough County. According to FL511, the left northbound lane on I-275 has been closed past mile marker 58. The Florida Highway Patrol said the crash happened after two drivers lost control due to the weather. One of the vehicles ended up crashing through the cable barrier on the inside lane and crashing with another car in the northbound lanes. No one was injured. How Ovadia Law Group

The Brief A Seminole County man remains hospitalized and heavily sedated nearly a week after a fire tore through his Geneva home, severely injuring him and two others just one day before his son’s wedding. What happened? What we know: The Seminole County Fire Department (SCFD) responded around 6:12 a.m. on Saturday to reports of a mobile home on fire in the area. First responders arrived at the scene to see a mobile home trailer that was heavily engulfed in

 An Ormond Beach man was arrested on Thursday, nearly two weeks after his 18-month-old son died from being “left helpless” for hours in a hot truck, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office. In a release, deputies said that the man — identified as SG, 33 — had left his son S in the truck for over three hours on June 6. During that time, G went in for a haircut and then went drinking at Hanky Panky’s Lounge, deputies added.

Photo by: wsvn An officer and driver were sent to the hospital following an overnight crash in Hialeah. According to officials, the accident occurred in the area of East Fourth Avenue and East 18th Street just before 1:00 a.m. on Friday, after a black Cadillac SUV, traveling westbound on East 18th, failed to stop at a stop sign and collide with a Hialeah police cruiser. As a result of the collision, the SUV slammed into a nearby pole—fleeing the scene