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A Florida girl was arrested Thursday for reportedly bringing a box cutter to her elementary school, brandishing it at another student’s neck, and making threats to kill him. According to NBC 2, a Manatee Elementary School student in Collier County was taken into custody and faces charges of aggravated battery and possession of a weapon on school property, police said. The incident happened at the school on January 11, after deputies from the Collier County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call

A man has been arrested in connection to the death of another man in Hernando County on Monday, officials said. Dustin McMillian, 33, was arrested on charges of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office. Shortly before 7 p.m., deputies were called to a home on Elkin Avenue in Spring Hill to conduct a well-being check on William Trudell, after a family member called 911 saying a man named Dakota Croft had possibly killed

 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to reports of a fire at a Bay Harbor Islands apartment. It happened late Tuesday night at a building along 103rd Street and West Bay Harbor Drive. The fire started in the kitchen of a second floor unit, authorities said. According to fire rescue officials, 50 firefighters battled the blaze, and the damage was confined to the kitchen area. Local 10 News’ camera spotted several fire trucks outside the building. Authorities have not provided any

Photo by: NBC Miami The Miami Police Department is investigating a possibly fatal accident after a woman was struck by a car early Wednesday morning. According to police, the woman, who is believed to be in her late 40s or early 50s, was struck by a car which remained on the scene, officials said. Due to the accident, NW 12th Avenue from 56th Street to 58th Street has been temporarily closed in all directions. Drivers are urged to seek an

A school bus fatally struck a 9-year-old boy in Orange County on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Orange County Fire Rescue said that the crash happened around 3:47 p.m. at the parking lot of the Waterford East Apartments. In a release, troopers said that the bus was stopped in a roundabout, and the 9-year-old boy got off. However, the boy then ran back and crawled under the bus, the release shows. As a result, the right rear

A Lee County deputy’s quick thinking and bravery saved a life when a car flipped into a water-filled ditch in North Fort Myers. The heart-stopping moments unfolded as the deputy spotted the overturned vehicle, its passenger still trapped inside. She is now thanking the deputy who rushed to pull her out. Body cam footage captured the intensity of the rescue, with the deputy breaking the car’s window to reach the distressed passenger. The driver had managed to escape, but the

Photo by:  Orange County Fire Rescue Firefighters battled a four-vehicle fire near a home in Orlando early Tuesday morning.  The Orange County Fire Department arrived and began to extinguish the fire at around 1 a.m. in the 1000 block of Casasia Drive in Orlando.  There was no extension of the fire to the home, and all the occupants were evacuated safely, firefighters said.  The State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire. No other details have been released

Multiple units were on the scene at a closed intersection of Palm Springs Tuesday morning for a motorcyclist who was taken to a hospital in critical condition The reported serious traffic crash, involving another car and the motorcycle, was off Congress Avenue and Dolan Road where the Palm Springs Police Department was on the scene, Captain Jake Ruiz said. A photo shows a crime scene van parked at the intersection with yellow tape marking off the area. This is a

Streets are flooding in Cape Coral, North Fort Myers, and Fort Myers after neighborhoods received several inches of rain during Monday afternoon storms. Some streets are impassable, and cars have gotten stuck in high water. Fire crews responded to a North Fort Myers gas station where part of the canopy collapsed, injuring one person at Hancock Bridge Parkway and Orange Grove Boulevard. According to NBC2’s First Alert Storm Team, a flood advisory is active until 7:45 pm Monday for Cape

A Florida man was killed after the vehicle he was traveling in crashed in Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.  Troopers said the crash happened at Tiny Road and Green Orchard Avenue. In a news release, officials said the 41-year-old Winter Garden man was traveling above the speed limit on Tiny Road in a Tesla Model Y when his SUV became airborne after descending a hill. The vehicle then traveled off the road and struck a fence before

Photo by: wsvn Police are investigating a car that erupted in flames in a Northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood as a possible arson. The incident occurred around 5 a.m. when Miami Police, along with Miami Fire Rescue arrived at the scene near Northwest 67th Avenue and Fifth Place in Miami. Fire rescue personnel extinguished the flames immediately. No injuries were reported. According to officials, authorities were called back to the scene around 7 a.m. when the vehicle caught fire again. Miami Police

Part of State Road 434 in Winter Springs is shut down Tuesday morning after a school bus was involved in a crash, according to the Seminole County Fire Department.  The crash happened near the intersection of East SR-434 and North Moss Road in Winter Springs just after 10 a.m. Both roads are shut down as of Tuesday morning.  The driver of the car involved in the crash was pulled out of the car by medics and was transported to a