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Deputies are still searching for the driver of a hit-and-run that left a local teacher with serious injuries. Sarah Carnello is a teacher and softball coach at Ruckel Middle School. She was hit by a car on October 14 and suffered serious road rash and head injuries. her jaw is now wired shut. The community is raising money to help with her medical bills. Carnello is exemplifying a forgiving nature that is almost unheard of. She has always been known

A 72-year-old man faces charges after deputies said he shot and killed his dog while frustrated at Florida Power & Light for not getting his power back on after Hurricane Milton. According to Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey, deputies responded to John Burgos’ residence around 4 a.m. on Oct. 12. Deputies said Burgos started shooting his gun inside of his home because he was mad at FPL because his power was still out. One of the bullets struck his dog,

A crash in Taylor County early Wednesday morning left two drivers seriously injured, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The crash unfolded just before 7 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Holt Road and Puckett Road, FHP said in a press release. A vehicle was traveling east on Holt Road at the intersection of Puckett Road. A second vehicle was traveling south on Puckett Road at the intersection of Holt Road. The first vehicle ran the stop sign at the intersection,

A 14-year-old boy was arrested by Miami police in connection with a double shooting that occurred earlier this month, authorities confirmed Wednesday. He was identified by police as Samas Marcellas Williams. According to his arrest report, the shooting occurred just before 1 a.m. on Oct. 11 in the 100 block of Northeast 77th Street. City of Miami police said officers responded to the area after receiving two ShotSpotter alerts and found two men who had been shot. Police said one

 A mother is facing charges after allegedly attacking a teenager during a fight involving her daughter outside the North Miami Public Library on Monday, authorities confirmed Wednesday. The incident unfolded around 4 p.m. when investigators said 39-year-old Merline Diegue Pierre went to the library, located at 835 NE 132nd Street, after learning her 15-year-old daughter had been involved in a fight earlier that day. According to North Miami police, Diegue Pierre and her daughter confronted the other 15-year-old involved in

Lauderhill police are investigating a shooting that they said left a woman hospitalized and another detained Wednesday morning. It happened near the 400 block of Northwest 33rd Avenue, just north of Broward Boulevard. Police told Local 10′s Janine Stanwood that a woman was shot in front of a home in the area following an argument with another individual. Officers arrived at the scene just before 11 a.m. and observed a woman suffering from a single gunshot wound. Police confirmed the

A Miami man, who was previously jailed for a second-degree attempted murder and attempted armed robbery, is now facing new charges in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred in February 2021, authorities said. Authorities said on Feb. 5, 2021, at approximately 10:27 a.m., Miami police officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert near the 1500 block of Northwest 58th Street. Upon arrival, police said they discovered the victim sitting in the driver’s seat of a Mercedes-Benz suffering from multiple gunshot

Photo by: WPLG A fire erupted Wednesday morning inside an apartment building in northeast Miami-Dade. According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials, the fire was reported just after 11:15 a.m. in the 900 block of Northeast 199th Street. First responders said firefighters arrived at the scene and found smoke coming from the second floor of the building. The incident was then upgraded to a second-alarm fire so additional support was called in. Officials confirmed that one person was being assessed at

Photo By WPTV – Staff Indian River County deputies apprehended a murder suspect on Tuesday, thanks to a license plate reader. On Tuesday, around 1:15 p.m., Orlando police responded to a fatal shooting. A woman was shot by her husband, identified as Armando Verdecia Carralero, who then fled into Indian River County. Once Carralero crossed into the county, deputies began searching for his vehicle and he was eventually apprehended near 929 14th Lane in Vero Beach without incident. The Indian River

A woman was killed after her car collided with multiple trees and caught fire Tuesday night in Citrus County. The Florida Highway Patrol said the victim, 73, was driving a Chevy Impala west on Poppy Street around 8:41 p.m. Officials said the car started to travel off the road east of Torenia Verbenas Court for unknown reasons before colliding with trees and catching fire. The victim passed away at the scene of the crash. There are no other details available

A motorcyclist died Tuesday night after crashing into an SUV on Interstate 295 in Jacksonville, according to Florida Highway Patrol. According to FHP’s crash report, the motorcyclist who was a 33-year-old Jacksonville man, was traveling northbound on the interstate at Morse Avenue in the left lane. At the same time, the report says the SUV, which was driven by a 55-year-old Middleburg man, was traveling northbound on I-295 at Morse Avenue, too, in the right lane. The motorcyclist was “traveling

A shooting occurred early Tuesday morning in north Leon County, leaving one pregnant woman and her unborn child dead and a man behind bars, according to the Leon County Sheriff’s Office. Jha’kari Martin-Sugrin, 22, faces two counts of manslaughter and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection to the shooting that happened on River Breeze Lane, LCSO said. The incident unfolded around 1 a.m. when deputies were dispatched to a local hospital