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 phot by: (PSLPD) A woman was driving with a seven-year-old in her vehicle when she side-swiped a parked car, ran over a mailbox and fled the scene. Officers from the Port St. Lucie Police Department caught up with her they found she was driving under the influence of more than two times over the legal limit with a child in the car. She was arrested and booked on counts of a DUI with a BAC of .15 or higher with

photo by: (American Red Cross) Four people including a child were displaced Saturday morning after an Okeechobee mobile home fire. American Red Cross volunteers responded to the scene near S E 22nd Court in the Treasure Island neighborhood. Photo’s of the mobile home show the blaze ripped through the home destroying the interior and exterior, with various items recovered in the lawn. The volunteers provided financial assistance, health services and one-on-one support to connect the victims to recovery assistance. Fire

 A suspected masked shooter and his alleged walkie-talkie accomplice are behind bars after shooting a gas station manager during a failed $17K robbery. Just before 3 p.m. on December 23, 2024, West Palm Beach Police (WPPD) officers say 49-year-old Marathon Gas Station district manager exited the gas station near the 1800 block of Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. with over $13,000. As the manager approached his red Ford Explorer, he was attacked from behind by a masked suspect, later identified as

photo by: villages-news. A man was pinned under his golf cart after a rollover accident in The Villages. The accident occurred shortly before noon Saturday near the intersection of Lester Drive and Kim Lane on the Historic Side of The Villages. Witnesses said the golf cart overturned when rounding the corner and the man was trapped under the weight of the vehicle. The Villages Public Safety Department quickly responded to the scene, extricated the driver and up righted the golf

Police are investigating a violent crash in Miami that sent a Miami Police officer and two pedestrians to the hospital, officials said. City of Miami Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the two-vehicle collision in the area of Northwest 47th Avenue and Seventh Street, near Blue Lagoon, at around 6:35 p.m. on Saturday. Investigators said the police officer was traveling eastbound when the driver of a Toyota sedan who was traveling westbound attempted to make a

photo by: (Credit: U.S. Coast Guard)  A U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued four people from the bay Saturday after their 18-foot boat sank near Bayboro Harbor in St. Petersburg. A photo showed the boaters awaiting rescue while floating in the water. While three of them were wearing life vests, a fourth person without a flotation device could be seen clinging to the other boaters. Authorities said all four people were safely pulled from the water. Two of them were taken

A man has died, and three passengers were injured in a vehicle crash that occurred on Saturday, resulting in the shutdown of all westbound lanes on Interstate 4. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 48-year-old Ruskin man was driving a Kia Sedona heading west on I-4. East of I-275, at Milepost 1, the Kia veered onto the inside shoulder and collided with an attenuator. FHP said the vehicle was then redirected back into the travel lanes before crashing into

 A 21-year-old passenger died and the driver was seriously injured after striking a concrete pole off a road in St. Johns County Saturday morning according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Officials said at 2:35 a.m., a car driving east on County Road 16A left the roadway and went onto the left shoulder for unknown reasons. FHP said it traveled along a ditch embankment causing the passenger side of the car to strike a concrete power pole. The passenger died at

Photo by: Rick Bennet A fire at the Harbor Belle RV Resort in Punta Gorda left two mobile homes severely damaged and killed a cat Friday night. According to Charlotte County Fire & EMS, crews responded to a call for a residential structure fire along Baynard Drive at approximately 7:35 p.m. Officials said one person had a “very minor injury,” and no hospital transport was needed. However, one cat died in the fire, and two homes are now uninhabitable. Charlotte

A Florida Keys man is facing multiple felony charges after authorities say he assaulted his pregnant girlfriend, prevented her from calling 911 and briefly barricaded himself inside his home before being taken into custody. NAP, 41, of Marathon, was arrested Thursday and faces charges of aggravated battery on a pregnant woman, false imprisonment, obstruction of justice, simple assault, and resisting arrest without violence, jail records show. According to an arrest report from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to

A 13-year-old boy escaped frequent abuse from his stepfather only to end up suffering the same fate at the hands of his mother, according to Miami Shores police. And investigators said the young teen is not the only person she victimized. J J-B, 31, is also accused of abusing a 65-year-old man — who had taken her in after seeing her and her then-toddler son living out of a car — to the point where he is now blind in

Two Dillard High School students are accused of attacking a teacher on campus, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Local 10 News on Friday. Fort Lauderdale police said 19-year-olds JM and RM confronted the teacher around 2 p.m. Thursday and threatened him before launching the attack. Police said the students struck the teacher, knocking him to the ground, where they continued to punch him as he tried to protect himself. They said school security eventually broke up the attack.