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Two men were arrested in connection to a 17 year old’s death in central Florida last month. On December 19, Seminole County deputies were called to a home in Winter Park for a reported death, according to NBC affiliate WESH. The 17-year-old’s family reported hearing gunshots at around 3 a.m., but did not see anything suspicious. The teenager was found dead later that day. Detectives believe the killing stemmed from the teenager telling Alan Morris, 19, that he could no longer

A 33-year-old man had his eyes closed and mouth wide open with one hand on the gear shift when a deputy, who apparently snapped a few photos, approached him last week snoozing at a stop sign. Gabriel Ngangang, of St. Cloud, Florida, simply dozed off, but the circumstances surrounding this nap landed him in the Brevard County Jail where he remains as of Monday morning, facing four criminal charges. The man’s arrest is credited to a concerned citizen who reported

A Florida man died after he was run over by his pickup truck at his home on Monday. According to a report from NBC affiliate WPTV, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office was called to a home in Lake Worth that afternoon. A 64-year-old man was run over by an unoccupied 2006 Chevrolet Silverado, the sheriff’s office said. He died from his injuries at the site of the crash. Detectives learned the man didn’t put the truck in park after using

An irate Subway customer in Florida has been charged with battery after he allegedly hurled his sandwich at an employee over the “way it was cut”, according to an arrest affidavit from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. Alberto De Barros, 54, was taken into custody by police who were called to “a disturbance” at a Subway restaurant in Stuart, Florida, just after 5 p.m. Tuesday, January 9.  The Subway worker told Martin County Sheriff’s deputies that De Barros “became upset with her after

One person is dead after a crash on Interstate 75 in Alachua County shut down northbound lanes for hours early Wednesday morning. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say just after 2 a.m. a car headed north on I-75 north of Alachua abruptly cut in front of a semi-truck. The right front of the semi struck the left side of the car. The 29-year-old woman from Jasper driving the car was killed. The semi-truck driver was not hurt. The interstate has since

Photo by: bnnbreaking In an unfortunate turn of events, three teenagers were involved in a collision between a golf cart and a sedan on Dale Mabry Highway near West Dale Avenue in Tampa, Florida. The incident took place around 7:30 p.m., causing minor injuries to the teenagers. Sudden Collision According to the police, the golf cart was attempting to cross all lanes of traffic. Despite the sedan driver’s attempt to slow down, the vehicle couldn’t stop in time, resulting in

One person is in the hospital due to a fire in Boca Raton Tuesday night.  The Boca Raton Police Department (BRPD) said at 7 p.m. officers were called in to assist Boca Raton Fire Rescue (BRFR) while firefighters investigated a fire alarm that went off at 500 SE 5th Avenue. Police did not disclose the severity of the fire but did say one person was taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries.   The BRPD said officers remain at the

JFRD responded to a vacant house with boarded up windows and doors to find heavy smoke and flames showing. The appearance of this home was that it was vacant as most of the doors and windows were boarded up. Crews made entry to do a search and interior attack. No injuries were reported from this fire. The cause was under investigation. Facing the aftermath of a fire accident? Ovadia Law Group is here to provide the support and legal assistance

On January 15, at 8:50 p.m., the Tallahassee Fire Department (TFD) was dispatched to a commercial building fire located in the 1300 block of North Monroe Street. TFD crews arrived on scene and found smoke coming from a single-story structure. TFD personnel quickly made entry into the building to extinguish the fire and search for any occupants. All occupants were out of the structure and TFD crews were able to quickly extinguish the fire. There were no injuries reported on

A man died in a two-vehicle crash just after midnight Tuesday at U.S. 41 and State Road 776, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. The crash happened at 12:01 a.m., when a Toyota sedan crashed into a parked Chevy pickup, according to the report. The 43-year-old driver of the car, a man from Laurel, died at the scene, the report states. According to the report, the man was headed west on U.S. 41 in the outside lane as he approached the

A cyclist is dead after being hit by a car in Fort Walton Beach on Monday night. It happened just before 10:30 p.m. on North Beal Extension, south of Estival Street. Florida Highway Patrol says a 59-year-old Fort Walton Beach man was riding a bike in the middle of the road, when he was hit from behind by a car. He later died at the hospital. No other details were released. If you’ve been involved in a bicyclist accident, Ovadia

A man was killed in a Sarasota County car crash early Tuesday morning. A Toyota sedan was traveling west in the outside travel lane of U.S. 41, approaching the intersection of Englewood Drive at 12:01 a.m. The driver, a 43-year-old man from Laurel, was unable to keep control of the car while driving, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol. He collided with the north curb of U.S. 41. After the collision, the car began traveling on the north sidewalk of