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A 26-year-old man was arrested Monday after police said he assaulted a manager at a theater and resisted officers who tried to take him into custody. Officers with the Miami Police Department said they responded just before 6 p.m. to reports of a trespasser attacking people at the Manuel Artime Theater, located at 900 SW First St. in the city’s Little Havana neighborhood. The SJ Dance Company told Local 10 News that they had rented the space for a children’s

Photo by: palm beach county fire rescue pinestead drive One person was taken to the hospital after a house fire in Boca Raton on Friday morning. According to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, it responded to the 19000 block of Carolina Circle for a reported structure fire at 7 a.m. The first crew arrived at the scene in less than five minutes and discovered a house with smoke coming from the outside. According to fire rescue, one person was found

 AF, a Brazilian-born personal trainer and fitness influencer with hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram, was arrested Monday after authorities said he hit a Miami Beach police motorman and fled onto the MacArthur Causeway, where he wrecked into a vehicle at speed. The 37-year-old South Beach resident ― seen in videos posted to the platform using his strength to crush watermelons and bend cooking pans ― is now facing the weight of the law. He cried while appearing in court

Photo by: Cape Coral Fire Dept. Cape Coral firefighters put out a boat fire. The Lee County Marine Emergency Response Team reports the Cape Coral Fire Department helped with an emergency on Saturday afternoon near Cabbage Key, off Pine Island. The fire department said the dock master had untied the boat quickly, so it would drift away from the dock. This also prevented it from spreading to other boats. Everyone from the boat was off at the time, and no

A woman was injured in a crash involving a Putnam County deputy in his patrol vehicle Tuesday morning, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred at the intersection of Crill Avenue and Horseman Club Road in Palatka at 7:54 a.m., the crash report states. FHP did not say in the report what events led up to the crash but said the 32-year-old woman suffered minor injuries and was driving a 2017 Nissan Sentra. The deputy, also 32 years old,

 A 58-year-old Santeria practitioner stands accused of being so mad at his mother for trashing ceremonial items that he set a fire in their home, a judge said. LG, who was born in Colombia and lives in southern Miami-Dade County with his mother, appeared before Circuit Judge M G on Tuesday. “He set a fire to a house that could have killed everybody,” G said about his mother and three brothers who were inside the home. County court records show

The Brief The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a stabbing that sent one person to the hospital early Tuesday morning in Homosassa. What we know: CCSO says deputies responded to the scene near Fishbowl Dr. and Halls River Rd. after a disturbance between two people led to a stabbing. The victim is now listed as stable at the hospital, according to deputies. Investigators say that there is no threat to the public as the suspects in this case have been identified. What

Courtesy NorthEscambia.com A 35-year-old Pensacola man was seriously injured Tuesday morning when a Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA) trash truck and a log hauling semi-truck collided. It happened around 7:45 a.m. on Highway 97 near Howell Road. According to FHP, the ECUA truck — driven by a 35-year-old Pensacola man with his 35-year-old passenger — was traveling north on Highway 97 initiating a left turn onto Howell Rd. Meanwhile, an empty log hauling semi-truck — driven by a 32-year-old Brewton

A man was found shot to death Monday night on Ricker Road on Jacksonville’s Westside, police said. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, police were called to Ricker Road near Durrance Road around 8:15 p.m. Monday and found the man with multiple gunshot wounds. He died at the scene. Police said “multiple people of interest” were detained at the scene, and they believe it was a “contained and isolated incident.” It’s unclear what led to the man’s shooting death, and

Courtesy: Florida 511 The Brief A semi-truck crash has snarled traffic for hours on the southbound side of I-75 in Hernando County on Tuesday morning. The crash happened shortly after 6 a.m. in the area of mile marker 294 near the Pasco County line. All southbound lanes were closed for more than two hours, leading to a miles-long backup. Traffic is now slowly getting by in the left lane. What we don’t know: No further details about the crash have been released.

The Brief  A man died and another was hurt after troopers say a box truck crashed along I-75 in Sarasota County during the afternoon rush on Monday. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened just after 5 p.m. Monday on the northbound side of I-75 north of the exit to Laurel Rd. FHP says the driver, a 26-year-old Opa-locka man, lost control of the truck, hit a traffic sign and overturned. Troopers say the passenger, a 36-year-old Hollywood man, died

 Alachua County firefighters battle a car fire Monday night. According to Alachua County Fire Rescue, crews from ACFR, High Springs Fire Department and Lacrosse Fire Department were called to a car fire in a driveway at a house in Alachua County. The fire was spreading to a nearby house, but firefighters were able to quickly contain the fire and prevent damage to the home and surrounding properties. Comprehensive Legal Services Navigating a fire accident claim involves many legal complexities. Ovadia