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TALLAHASSEE — Six years after the deadly collapse of a Florida International University pedestrian bridge, Tallahassee-based companies affiliated with a bridge-engineering firm are fighting a proposal that could prevent them from working on federally funded projects. Nine companies and their owner, Linda Figg, filed a federal lawsuit last week seeking to block the proposal by the Federal Highway Administration. The companies are affiliated with FIGG Bridge Engineers, Inc., which designed the Miami-Dade County pedestrian bridge and was barred in 2021

Florida man steals EMS truck before crash, arrested days later while trying to flee: sheriff A Florida man who allegedly carjacked an EMS vehicle, took it on a joyride and then fled the scene after crashing it was arrested days later after trying to flee law enforcement, authorities said.  A supervisor with American Medical Response (AMR) said he came upon a crash on the southbound Interstate 75 exit ramp to westbound Interstate 4 around 2 a.m. on Thursday, Fox Tampa reported. The crash involved

An Ozona, Florida man faces multiple counts of animal cruelty after surrendering seven cats to an animal shelter, six of which ultimately died, because he was “sick of caring for them,” according to authorities. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said 36-year-old Ian Bender was arrested on Wednesday and charged with seven counts of animal cruelty. Pinellas County Animal Services reported to the sheriff’s office that on March 8, seven cats were surrendered to the SPCA in Largo – five of the cats were

The two dogs died from internal bleeding in the chest area, which caused both dogs to suffocate and drown in their own blood. A 21-year-old Polk County man was arrested after deputies say he stabbed two dogs to death before attempting to dispose of their bodies in a pond. According to NBC6 affiliate WESH, Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the Hidden Lake Preserve neighborhood in Haines City after witnesses reported hearing dogs yelping and saw Angel Enrrique Burgos

DORAL, Fla. – Police are investigating a crash involving a car and a scooter that left two people hospitalized in Doral Thursday afternoon. Sky 10 flew over the intersection of Northwest 66th Street and 107th Avenue just before 1:10 p.m. where a red car was spotted with damage to its front windshield. Police officers were also seen focusing on a scooter on the ground. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue confirmed that two people were airlifted to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital. Authorities have not

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – A Coral Springs man is scheduled for a Thursday court hearing after authorities say he “began to act weird” after smoking a “THC vape pen,” then disrobed and stabbed his mother and father. Police arrested Alexander Figueroa, 21, on an attempted murder charge for stabbing his father Saturday morning, according to court documents obtained by Local 10 News on Wednesday. He’s also charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon for also stabbing his mother, according to

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Matias Fleuriza appeared in Broward County court on Wednesday accused of assaulting someone during a road rage incident in Fort Lauderdale. Fleuriza, 33, stood before Circuit Judge Christopher M. Brown after an officer with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department arrested him on Tuesday. Assistant State Attorney Eric Linder said there was a firearm involved in the road rage incident and Fleuriza had an arrest record for trespassing. “I am ordering no driving without a court order,” Brown

Man arrested for child abuse in Coconut Creek COCONUT CREEK, Fla. – Shandel Bryan appeared in Broward County court on Wednesday accused of child abuse in Coconut Creek. He talked to his defense through tears. Assistant State Attorney Eric Linder said Bryan, who didn’t have a criminal record, categorized his son’s beating as disciplinary, but he disagreed. “Kicking a 9-year-old child approximately five times — while he is on the ground in his abdomen — in his legs and striking and

HIALEAH, Fla. – After a burglary victim was injured in Hialeah, Shakala Simone Smith told a detective her sister wanted her Sony PlayStation game console back, according to a police arrest report released on Wednesday. The woman claimed the game console was hers, and she reported Smith’s sister Daneill Dishan Henry threatened to stab her with a knife and a gunman threatened to shoot her over it. The woman also reported Smith, 28; Henry, 25; and another woman broke into her