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Two teenagers are accused of attacking a 15-year-old girl at Coastland Mall in Naples, demanding her necklace at gunpoint and assaulting her before fleeing to Fleischmann Park, where police apprehended them. KR, a Naples resident, expressed her shock at the incident. “I was just shocked because, like, I bring my kids here all the time, I shop at the mall. And just to hear about, like, these kids are so young, too,” R said. “And for them to be doing

A suspect stabbed two people at an apartment building in Miami’s Grapeland Heights neighborhood Monday afternoon, according to police. It happened at around 2:30 p.m. at the Miami Riverfront Residences at 2601 NW 16th Street Road, police said. Officer K D, a spokesperson for the Miami Police Department, said the suspect stabbed a man who “confronted (him) for spitting on the premises.” Police said he then stabbed a woman who intervened. Medics took both victims to Jackson Memorial Hospital; they’re

 Spring Hill firefighters battled a blaze early Sunday that investigators said was caused by a child playing with a lighter. Crews said they were called to the 3000 block of Greynolds Avenue in Spring Hill at midnight. There, they found a mattress in a child’s bedroom on fire. Crews worked quickly to knock the fire down. No one was hurt. Investigators said the child had found a lighter on top of the refrigerator and started playing with it, causing the

Photo by: wjhg Crews with Walton County Fire Rescue and the sheriff’s office responded to a structure fire in Freeport over the weekend. The fire broke out at a Stow-Away Storage on Business 331, with multiple storage units caught fire. Officials say their crews quickly extinguished the blaze that caused damaged to at least seven storage units. Authorities say one individual was arrested for being combative with deputies when asked to step away from the scene safely. WCSO says it

Photo by: (Marion County Fire Rescue) A driver was rescued inside a trapped car after a vehicle crash in Reddick Monday morning. Marion County Fire Rescue officials responded to an accident on West Highway 329 just after 5:30 a.m. Firefighters found a pickup truck rolled over in a field after it had crashed through a fence. The driver was trapped inside the truck and had sustained injuries. Fire rescue authorities were able to get the driver out of the vehicle

A welfare check turned into a homicide investigation Sunday night after deputies discovered a man dead with apparent stab wounds in Lake Worth Beach. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) said deputies were dispatched at around 10:06 p.m. on June 22 in response to a request to check on the welfare of a resident near 900 Lake Avenue. At the scene, deputies located the body of a man who had sustained fatal stab wounds. PBSO’s Violent Crimes Division detectives

 Fort Lauderdale police are investigating a triple shooting that occurred early Sunday morning. According to Detective Ali Adamson, officers responded to the shooting around 1:30 a.m. Sunday at a parking garage in the 200 block of Las Olas Circle. She said a group of people were gathered on the top floor of the parking garage when multiple people approached them and started shooting. Three adults were shot and were transported by private vehicle to Broward Health Medical Center, Adamson confirmed.

 A truck driver turned himself in to the police on Friday after authorities said he severely beat another truck driver in a May dispute at a warehouse in Medley. According to Medley police, the attack happened at around 12:30 p.m. on May 15 at UStone Cement Products, located at 9870 NW 117th Way. Police said truck driver VNA, who works for another company, became upset that the victim, a driver for UStone, “left little room in the loading area” for

A rollover crash on SE Port St. Lucie Boulevard left one woman dead Saturday night, according to police. The Port St. Luice Police Department (PSLPD) said that at around 8 p.m. Saturday, Jennifer Hadley, 23, was driving westbound in the left lane of SE Port St. Lucie Boulevard, when a driver of a Toyota SUV was driving westbound in the middle lane of SE Port St. Lucie Boulevard after completing a right turn from Veterans Memorial Parkway. The passenger side

Several people were injured after a crash late Saturday night in Jackson County. The Florida Highway Patrol says one man in a pickup truck was heading southbound on US 231 in the painted gore, and another pickup truck with two men was on the inside lane heading northbound. The vehicle going southbound crossed into the inside northbound lane, violating the right-of-way of the other pickup truck. Authorities say the southbound pickup collided with the front right of the northbound pickup

The Bay County Sheriff’s Office reported an accident at W Highway 98 and Wildwood Road. According to a news release, drivers may see a delay under the overpass and are urged to avoid the area. The estimated length of closure is unknown. Ovadia Law Group: Your Car Accident Legal Team If you’ve been injured in a car accident, Ovadia Law Group is here to help. Their experienced attorneys specialize in personal injury law and understand how to handle complex car

Photo by: (WCJB) Both the Marion County Sheriff’s deputy and the suspect wounded in a deputy-involved shooting were released from the hospital on Monday morning. Sheriff’s office officials say a deputy pulled over R H, 22, around 2:30 a.m. Monday on Southeast 161st Street in Summerfield. She was arrested for driving with a suspended license, providing false ID, and drug possession. While being taken to jail in the back of the patrol car, H pulled out a small-caliber handgun she’d