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A late-night crash caused a vehicle to burst into flames on Palm Beach Boulevard near downtown Fort Myers. The crash was reported to the Fort Myers Police Department at around 10:30 p.m., on Sunday. According to FMPD, the crash at East Riverside Drive and Palm Beach Boulevard closed down the westbound lanes of Palm Beach for several hours. A nearby Mobil gas station had temporarily been wrapped with crime scene tape. The tape was removed at around 4 a.m., Monday.

Photo by: fox13news  A Waffle House in Lakeland is cleaning up after someone drove into it early Monday morning. According to the Lakeland Police Department, a Nissan SUV hit the restaurant shortly after 1 a.m. The driver, a 65-year-old man, was taken to an area hospital with minor injuries.  Police say no other injuries were reported at the scene.  Police say the driver of the SUV sustained minor injuries in the crash and was taken to an area hospital. Car accidents are

Photo by: fox13news A home in St. Petersburg was destroyed after a fire early Monday morning, according to firefighters. Around 3:30 a.m., St. Petersburg Fire Rescue responded to reports of a fire in the 7900 block of 2nd Ave S. When crews arrived, they say there was heavy fire coming from the back of the house and smoke was coming from the eves. Two adults who were inside the home noticed the smoke and escaped unharmed, according to authorities. Officials say the

Photo by: wesh The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-0 tornado hit portions of Fort Lauderdale on Saturday. A video captured by a witness, which can be seen above, shows sparks flying as the twister moves across the city. The storm damaged boats, homes, and power lines in the area. According to NBC Miami, the first signs of damage appeared along Southeast 12th Street. The tornado then moved northeast through portions of Rio Vista Isles, across the New River,

Girl, 10, attacked by pit bulls as she’s left her with ‘flesh hanging off her body.’ An angry mum has told of the moment she was alerted to a dog attack on her daughter only to find her child badly injured and covered in blood. Kimberly Boeckler, 31, was waiting for her daughter Raegan to come home from a playdate in November but was told her 10-year-old daughter had been mauled by pit bulls with her “flesh hanging” off. The single mum,

A man has died after being hit and killed by two semi-trucks on Interstate 95 in Brevard County Monday morning, according to troopers.  The crash happened just before 8 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-95 in the area of mile marker 190 in Melbourne.  Troopers said the 57-year-old Tonawanda, New York man, parked his vehicle on the I-95 outside shoulder and then walked into the direct path of a semi-truck. The collision caused the man to fall into the

Photo by: patch  A driver faces charges related to a hit-and-run crash that injured a police officer conducting a traffic stop early Saturday morning on I-375, according to a St. Petersburg Police Department news release. Mackenzie Deaton, 24, hit the officer’s police vehicle around 1 a.m. as he was getting out of it during a traffic stop just west of the 5th Avenue North entrance ramp. The vehicle’s emergency lights were activated. The officer suffered a minor injury to his

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two suspects responsible for intentionally striking an HCSO vehicle after attempting to flee. On January 7th, at approximately 1:30am, District V deputies, aviation, and K9 units responded to the report of two suspects burglarizing vehicles within the Paddock Club Apartment Complex, near Tampa. The aviation unit observed the two suspects, 17-year-old Luis Guzman and 17-year-old Nathaniel Figueroa Lopez entering an unreported stolen vehicle and leaving the apartment complex. Deputies attempted to conduct a

A 29-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty to smuggling firearms from the United States and conspiracy to use a facility of interstate commerce in the commission of a murder-for-hire. United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced the guilty plea from Antonio Jose Melean Reyes, of Jacksonville. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison for each offense. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to his plea agreement, on May 15, 2021, Reyes attempted to smuggle

A man from Florida is facing several fraud charges, said Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields in a statement issued to Sandhills Sentinel. “On January 4th, 2024, The Moore County Sheriff’s Office received a report of bank fraud in the Carthage area of Moore County,” said Fields. “The report was received after thousands of dollars were fraudulently obtained from the reporting victim’s bank account. Detectives quickly identified Jesse Jose Reyes, from Miami Gardens, Florida, as a suspect in this case and

A 20-year-old Florida man has just been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison after crafting a plot to kill his girlfriend. Allegedly, he falsely accused her of giving him an STD. If you thought that was bad, just wait until you get to the part where his mother was in on the hit. Police say 20-year-old Keith Agee walked into Home Depot in Escambia County, Florida, on August 11 to confront the 18-year-old mother of his

 A driver was found carrying meth following a hit-and-run crash on Thursday involving a bicyclist who is paraplegic, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said the crash happened around 5:54 p.m. near Sesame Boulevard, which is where a hand-pedal bicyclist was struck by a Ford hatchback that fled the scene. According to the sheriff’s office, the bicyclist — Stephen Watkins — had previously contracted a life-threatening staph infection while working as a detention deputy at the FCSO, which