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UPDATED at 7:40 p.m. with traffic beginning to move. A crash is impeding traffic on I-75 southbound near River Road. Traffic cameras after the crash showed only one lane open and traffic was backing up in the area. At 7:35 p.m., traffic was beginning to more more quickly as first responders were wrapping up. Aggressive Representation in CourtFacing a car accident lawsuit can be daunting, but with Ovadia Law Group by your side, you can be confident in receiving aggressive

What started as an argument over the phone escalated into something much more serious Tuesday after a man grabbed a gun and shot his nephew, Manatee County deputies said. The shooting happened Tuesday morning at the La-Mirada Garden Apartments on 55th Avenue Circle East in Bradenton, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said M R, 52, had a tense phone call with his 39-year-old nephew just after 10:30 a.m. that day. He then retreived a handgun and fired

Detectives have released a man from custody after he brought his wife to the hospital with a gunshot wound. Gainesville Police Department officers say just before 5 a.m., UF Health Shands workers reported a 23-year-old woman had arrived in the emergency room with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. She died in the hospital. The victim was brought to the ER by her husband, a 26-year-old, who officers took into custody for questioning. He was released from custody Tuesday afternoon.

A man was killed Tuesday afternoon after he was shot in the Naranja area of Miami-Dade, deputies said. According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the scene at Southwest 268th Street and 139th Avenue shortly after 1:30 p.m. after receiving a ShotSpotter gunshot alert. Once at the scene, deputies found the victim lying on the ground suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. The man was then transported to a hospital in critical condition. MDSO said the man later

A 34-year-old man was arrested for homicide on Wednesday after allegedly stabbing a man in the neck, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to a welfare check at the 1200 block of Barmel Street, where they discovered a deceased man inside a home. An autopsy revealed the cause of death to be two stab wounds to the neck. Following the autopsy, deputies launched a homicide investigation and arrested K M. ECSO says M was believed to be

A Florida man was arrested after he led officers on a 30-mile pursuit on an ATV, Cape Coral police said. On Sunday evening, officers responded to a Cape Coral home regarding a disturbance with weapons, possibly being domestic violence-related. The call indicated a man had been drinking, was armed with a knife and was making threats. The man, identified as 44-year-old DSS, fled the home on an ATV, according to the police department. Officers set up a perimeter after spotting

A 78-year-old man was arrested on two counts of vehicular homicide after a crash that claimed the lives of two pedestrians in West Palm Beach. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) said that RM was taken into custody on April 22 in connection with the deadly crash. The crash occurred on December 27, 2024, before 7 p.m., at the intersection of Drexel Road and Fairgreen Road. According to the crash report, M was driving a 2011 Toyota Venza southbound on

Hollywood police arrested a man Monday in connection with a deadly September 2024 crash that left one person dead and two others seriously hurt. Police said one of the surviving victims was left paralyzed from the abdomen down. PAN, 32, of Miramar, now faces several felony charges after an arrest report states he was drunk and had cocaine and marijuana in his system when he ran a red light at “more than double” the speed limit. According to the Hollywood

A 38-year-old Milton woman has serious injuries after a crash on State Road 87 in the northbound lanes of the Yellow River Bridge Monday night, according to FHP. The incident occurred around 8:20 p.m. when the woman was traveling North and lost control of her sedan, causing her to collide with the bridge’s concrete barriers, according to troopers. Troopers say this caused another sedan, driven by a 54-year-old Milton man, to collide with her sedan. The woman was transported to

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating the fatal shooting of a woman on the Northside on Tuesday morning. JSO said a little after 3:30 a.m., a woman in her early 20s was found with a gunshot wound in a house on 800 Hartshill Place on Jacksonville’s Northside. The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department transported the woman to a nearby hospital, where she died. Police said they detained several witnesses, and they are cooperating. It is an open investigation, and JSO

Two people were injured in a crash between a red minivan and a white van in Collier County Monday morning. The crash occurred on April 21 around 11:30 a.m. on Vanderbilt Beach Road at Prestine Drive, causing the eastbound lanes to be shut down. Two people were taken to the hospital in unknown condition. The crash is still under investigation. Expert Legal Support for Car Accident VictimsAt Ovadia Law Group, we understand the stress and confusion that follows a car

Photo by: mypanhandle Two people are dead following a late night traffic crash on Highway 98 in the Watersound area. It happened on Highway 98 just west of South Watersound Parkway. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a SUV, with four 18-year-old individuals from Massachusetts, was traveling westbound on Highway 98. Troopers said the SUV collided with a semi tractor trailer that was attempting to make a U-turn in the median on Highway 98. The SUV then traveled across the roadway