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Phot by: (DBFR) A woman and her four dogs were displaced after a shipping container caught on fire in Delray Beach on Tuesday. Delray Beach Fire Rescue (DBFR) said firefighters responded to a shipping container engulfed in flames along NW 10th Avenue and NW 1st Street. Firefighters quickly responded to the scene, extinguishing the flames and preventing the fire from spreading further. Unfortunately, a woman living in a nearby camper with her four dogs was displaced by the fire. Photos

A Wildwood man was arrested after an alleged attack on his pregnant fiance´. TJH, 23, was asleep Tuesday morning at his home on Young Circle, when his fiance´, who is 36 weeks pregnant, woke him up, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department. Her due date is May 28. H admitted he hit his fiance´ “in the head once or twice.” He added he “may have slapped her.” The woman had suffered “significant bruising” around her left

A 28-year-old motorcyclist died on Tuesday after a crash at a Belle Glade intersection three days earlier when a car turned in front of his dirt bike. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office report indicates JT was riding west on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard late Saturday night. As he approached the Southwest 8th Street intersection, a Chrysler 300 coming the other way made a left turn. The Yamaha bike crashed into the turning sedan, knocking T into the

A Brooklyn woman was arrested Tuesday after police say she allegedly struck a man with a wine bottle at his Miami apartment following a night out in South Beach, then stole his Rolex and ran up charges on his credit card late last year. BS, 29, was taken into custody just before 3 p.m. after investigators said she was identified as the woman who attacked and robbed a man she met at the Saxony Bar in South Beach last October.

A 30-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after he stabbed a man to death following a verbal argument in North Miami, authorities said. According to an arrest report from the North Miami Police Department, the fatal stabbing occurred around 4:50 p.m. on April 6 in the 1300 block of Northeast 127th Street. Police said the suspect, TDG, of North Miami, and the victim had gotten into a verbal argument before G went back to his apartment, retrieved a sharp object –

A Lake City man was arrested after shooting at a cyclist Tuesday afternoon. Lake City Police officers responded to a gunshot alert at Northwest Railroad Street. Witnesses heard five to six gunshots and saw a small, brown vehicle fleeing the scene. Officers saw the suspect, who was identified as JW, 22, picking up shell casings from the roadway near a grey Mazda sedan. W fled the scene after noticing officers. Officers were in pursuit of him after he eluded them.

Deputies identified a woman Wednesday who they say is accused of shooting a man during an argument outside a northwest Miami-Dade food store over the weekend. According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the Lakeside Market, located at 11050 NW 17th Ave. in the unincorporated Westview area, around 12:37 p.m. Saturday following reports of a shooting. Deputies arrived to find a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the right thigh in front of the store. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue

Photo by: Cape Coral Police Department A vehicle crashed into a home on Northwest 42nd Lane in Cape Coral late Tuesday night, sparking a fire. The Cape Coral Fire Department reported that Engine 7, Engine 8 and Ladder 11 responded to the crash involving an SUV just after 11 p.m. According to CCPD, firefighters quickly extinguished the fire, preventing it from spreading in the structure beyond its façade and a window, which were left charred with soot. The driver sustained

 A night nurse at a Delray Beach mental health facility allegedly assaulted a 66-year-old patient, leaving him with a fractured arm after a dispute over medication.. The Delray Beach Police Department (DBPD) said that on January 26, officers responded to South County Mental Health, located at 16158 South Military Trail, regarding a delayed battery. When officers arrived, they reported meeting with the victim, a patient at the facility, who said that on January 25 at 3:30 a.m., he requested medicine

A fire erupted early Wednesday morning at a Catholic school in Davie. According to Davie Fire Rescue, the reported was reported around 4 a.m. at Saint David Catholic Church School, located at 3900 S. University Drive. “Fire crews quickly extinguished the fire, which originated in a structure attached to the school and extended into part of the school building,” Davie Fire Rescue officials said in an email to Local 10 News. No injuries were reported. First responders said the school

Photo by: (St. Johns County Fire Rescue) A person who had to be removed after being trapped in a car during a crash Wednesday morning in St. Johns County died at the hospital, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. St. Johns County Fire Rescue reported that firefighters and paramedics responded to the intersection of U.S. 1 north and Pine Island Road, which is about 6 minutes southeast of County Road 210. A person was trapped in a car, and firefighters

The Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man in connection with a fatal shooting in the Quail Acres subdivision Wednesday night. Deputies had responded to a standoff situation, in which a man barricaded himself in his residence, but was later taken into custody after hours of negotiation. RHD, 64, has been identified as the shooter. The victim has not yet been identified but the sheriff’s office says they were transported to HCA Raulerson Hospital and later pronounced dead. D is