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Photo by: UC Breaking News Three people had to be transported to the hospital after a two-vehicle crash at Colonial Boulevard and State Road 82. According to the Fort Myers Fire Department, there were serious injuries in the crash. Fire officials said there was a minor blockage in the eastbound lane of the roadway. The Lehigh Acres Fire Department and Lee County Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene alongside FMFD. NBC2 is working to find out how those people

 A woman was hit by a car Tuesday night along Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa, according to police. The crash happened at about 10 p.m. in the 1700 block of East Hillsborough Avenue, police said. Police said the woman who was hit was taken to a hospital with “significant” injuries. The driver remained at the scene. Drivers are asked to avoid the area. No other details were immediately available. Legal Help for Pedestrian Accident VictimsPedestrian accidents can lead to severe injuries

A man was cut in the chest by his roommate after an altercation Tuesday in Miami Gardens, police said. Officers responded to the 3600 block of Northwest 192nd Street at around 8:30 p.m. after reports of an injured person. Police said the two got into a verbal altercation when the subject cut the victim in his chest. The victim was taken to the hospital in stable condition. The subject remained on scene and was taken into police custody. It’s unclear

Authorities are searching for suspects after somebody in a car shot at a Rolls-Royce SUV in Miami early Wednesday and then took off, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The shooting happened at around 2:20 a.m. in the area of northbound Interstate 95 and Northwest 79th Street, FHP said. Authorities said several gunshots were fired from a dark sedan at the victim’s Rolls-Royce SUV. The driver and two passengers in the backseat were not hurt, FHP said. The suspect or suspects fled

A 70-year-old Ocala man with several prior battery convictions was arrested over the weekend after he was accused of hitting his neighbor in the head with a bag of dog poop. On Sunday, October 20, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office corporal responded to a home located on S Pine Avenue in Ocala in reference to an altercation between two neighbors. Upon arrival, the male victim advised that the incident involving his neighbor, John Sylvester Abrams, occurred at around 11 a.m.

A man was stabbed to death after an argument in the Fishhawk community. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), two men got into an altercation near the 5600 block of Tanagerlake Road around 1:02 p.m. Tuesday. HCSO said that one man was stabbed in the argument and died. Officials have not provided any additional information and called it an active investigation. This is a developing story.  Personalized Legal Strategies for Personal Injury ClaimsEvery personal injury case is unique,

The St. Petersburg Police Department is looking for the driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a 70-year-old man Monday evening. Officers said Edward Webb, 70, was hit and killed feet from his home. “He always tried to protect everybody, but this time, nobody was there to protect him,” Jeanette Chaniel, Webb’s wife, said. Investigators said a stolen white Jeep was driving recklessly, then turned at the corner of 9th Avenue South and 12th Street South at a high

Photo by: UC Breaking News Cape Coral police officers and Special Weapons and Tactics swarmed a home along Southwest Eighth Court, blocking off the street. The Cape Coral Police Department said officers responded to the home near the 3800 block of Southwest Eighth Court in Cape Coral around noon. “We could hear the CO2 canisters going off and so we knew it was tear gas. I believe they were shooting it from the garage into the attic,” said neighbor Matthew

Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a battery at a SCAT Terminal on Sunday, Oct. 20. Upon arrival, deputies met with Angela Greenway who claimed while on the property, a man started to record her without her permission while she was speaking with the friend. Greenway allegedly told the man to stop recording her and then she says he began to approach her with his cell phone, still filming her. She claims he then grabbed her shirt, exposing

According to Panama City officials, the Cove and downtown Panama City area were without water Tuesday afternoon after a car ran into a fire hydrant. The hydrant was located at the corner of Wilson Ave and E First Court. Officials have shut off a valve to isolate the impact, but the water main is still flowing. Everyone west of the Tarpon Dock Bridge should have water again and water should be boiled out of an abundance of caution, officials said. No

A man was arrested over the weekend, exactly a week after a fatal hit-and-run crash in Pompano Beach, Local 10 learned Tuesday. Willian Eduardo Beltran Velasquez, 31, was arrested Sunday on charges of failing to stop at an accident involving death and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. The crash was reported around 4:15 a.m. on the morning of Oct. 13 along the 1700 block of North Dixie Highway. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies identified the victim as 43-year-old Don Larkin. “He

Months after an 18-year-old woman was killed in a shooting in North Lauderdale, authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with the killing. Tyler Mobley, 23, was arrested in Sunrise Monday on a first-degree murder charge in the shooting of Bryanna Nina, Broward Sheriff’s Office officials said. The shooting happened the night of July 15 near the 1000 block of Southwest 76th Avenue. Nina had been with one of her sisters at a friend’s house and they were outside waiting on