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An Uber driver was arrested on a charge of sexual battery after allegedly having sex with an intoxicated woman in the back of his vehicle. A deputy responded to an undisclosed Leesburg residence at the request of the on-call criminal investigations supervisor on Thursday to investigate a possible sexual battery, later found to involve 46-year-old Darrell Lavon Hayes of Lake Mary, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.  Upon the deputy’s arrival at the scene, he

Photo by: wpbf West Palm Beach police are investigating a crash that killed a pedestrian Friday night. Police received a 911 call around 10:48 p.m. stating a 2021 orange Corvette hit a man crossing Australian Avenue near downtown West Palm Beach. The pedestrian was between Worthington Street and Belvedere Road when he was impacted, hitting the windshield of the car, and then landing in a grassy median by the 2400 block of Australian Avenue. Authorities pronounced the man dead at

An empty warehouse burst into flames in Bokeelia, severely damaging the building on Friday evening. At around 6:15 p.m., several fire units from across Southwest Florida responded to the fire off Harbor Drive, according to the Matlacha Pine Island Fire District. The fire is out and no injuries have been reported at this time. The cause is under investigation by the Lee County Arson Task Force and the State Fire Marshal. This was the biggest commercial structure on the island,

A 16-year-old was hospitalized on Sunday morning after being shot in a Fort Myers neighborhood. Emergency services received a medical call around 11:54 a.m. on Desoto Avenue near Alderman Street, where the teenager was shot in the leg. Fort Myers officers arrived on the scene and proceeded to assist the victim by putting a tourniquet on his leg. The victim was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries for treatment. FMPD said the shooting is isolated between known individuals.

Photo by: fox13news A man was found inside a North Port home that caught on fire early Sunday morning, according to officials. North Port Fire Rescue and the North Port Police Department responded to the 3000 block of South Salford Blvd just after midnight. Neighbors told FOX 13 that the victim lived alone and was a former US Marine. According to firefighters, NPPD and the State Fire Marshal are investigating. Crews say the investigation indicates that the cause of the fire may

Photo by:  Hillsborough County Fire Rescue A giant blaze could be seen coming from a tiki hut attached to the Mamajuana Cafe on Saturday night, according to officials. Authorities say Hillsborough County Fire Rescue responded to the scene at 9202 Anderson Road in Tampa after receiving 911 calls just before 11 p.m. According to callers, the fire was growing rapidly on the giant tiki hut. Crews say they could see the fire from the Veterans Expressway while headed to the cafe. Firefighters

A man is dead after being shot at a gas station on South Orange Blossom Trail Friday night, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. Around 9:20 p.m., deputies responded to a Speedway gas station at 9520 South Orange Blossom Trail due to a shooting, a press release stated. Upon arrival, they found a man in his 30s, now identified as Carlos Henry Bethel, with a gunshot wound, deputies said. He was transported to the hospital where he was later

 Two men were found shot to death inside a car in the Dinsmore area on Jacksonville’s Northside on Sunday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Around 2 a.m. officers responded to Garden Street regarding reports of a car blocking the middle of the road. When they arrived, police found two men dead inside the vehicle with gunshot wounds. They were later identified as Anton Brown, 40, and Travis Williams, 45. At this time, the circumstances that led to the

A 40-year-old Orange Park woman is dead after walking into the path of an SUV on Blanding Boulevard, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. A crash report shows the SUV was heading south on Blanding Boulevard near Woodside Drive in Orange Park when it struck the woman. The driver then pulled over to help the woman. Other witnesses in the area also stopped to render aid until first responders arrived on the scene. The woman was taken to Orange Park

A teenage girl was injured in a stabbing Friday night. Police say a 16-year-old girl was stabbed in the neck during an argument between two groups. According to police, there was some kind of dispute that started at a local high school earlier in the week. A school resource officer got wind of a plan to settle the dispute Friday night somewhere in town. The police knew something was up and were ready. They ended up meeting in an area

Two people are safe after getting stranded on a boat in Geneva on Sunday morning. Seminole County Fire Department crews got a call to Mullet Lake Park around 2 a.m. That’s where they found two boaters trapped on a sand dune about 150 yards from the main waterway. Crews tell us the pair was driving the boat down the creek and ran aground. Responders got them back to shore by 2:45 a.m., and no one was hurt. Fire rescue crews

Photo by: wsvn Crews came to the aid of a pilot after a helicopter crashed in the water near Key Biscayne. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the Robinson R-44 went down at around 1:50 p.m. on Saturday after the pilot reported engine issues. Video posted on social media showed onlookers at the scene and the helicopter in the water. “I was just lying on the beach, and I’m looking out into the ocean . All of a sudden, I