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Photo by: ucbn drone Naples Fire crews worked to extinguish flames that sparked inside a Florida Power and Light vault along Gulfshore Boulevard North Monday night. According to the Naples Fire-Rescue District, FPL shut off power starting with the intersection of Pine Ridge Road and US-41 and everything south of that intersection. FPL’s power tracker map shows 318 customers have been affected in the Moorings area as of 10:27 p.m. More than 500 customers are still without power as of 5a.m.

The Brief A man was hit and killed Monday morning as he tried to cross 66th St. N. in a wheelchair against the signal, according to the Pinellas Park Police Department.  The backstory: Police said a 38-year-old man in a Nissan Titan truck was traveling north on 66th St. N, approaching 78th Ave. N. in the curb lane shortly before 6:30 a.m.  At the same time, a 73-year-old man in a wheelchair was crossing 66th St. N. in the crosswalk against the

A fight over a pair of shoes recently prompted a man to ambush and attack a family friend in a parking lot in Miami-Dade County, according to police. Surveillance video shows J “Z” Z arriving at the crime scene on Thursday night in Doral in his girlfriend’s black Porsche Macan, according to police. Detectives reported Z confronted the victim who had been spending time with friends at Twin Peaks, a bar and restaurant at 8700 NW 18 Terrace. Surveillance video

A Miami woman who had her driver’s license revoked after authorities determined she’s a “habitual traffic offender” has been arrested in a hit-and-run crash that left a man in a wheelchair hospitalized, officials said. EG, 43, was arrested Sunday on charges of leaving the scene of a crash causing serious bodily injury, grand theft of a vehicle, and habitual driving with a license suspended, Miami-Dade jail records said. The crash had happened around 1 p.m. in the area of Northwest

Photo by WKMG ClickOrlando A reckless driver caused a multi-vehicle crash that caused the South Causeway bridge in New Smyrna Beach to be closed for hours on Monday afternoon, according to a news release. New Smyrna Beach police said that around 1 p.m., they received reports of the reckless driver in the 7300 block of Turtlemound Road. A deputy from the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office then located the vehicle and attempted a traffic stop near 3rd Avenue and South Peninsula Ave,

A man was arrested after he allegedly attacked his pregnant girlfriend, she escaped, and he sent her picture proof that he had beaten her two young children. According to a release from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received reports of child abuse on March 26 regarding 22-year-old A R-E and his 23-year-old pregnant girlfriend and her two children, ages 1 and 2. R-E allegedly violently beat the pregnant woman over two days following an argument, including the man punching

 Two men riding unregistered ATVs have been accused of leading deputies on a high-speed chase through Vero Beach, with children accompanying them. The Indian River County Sheriff’s Office (IRCSO) said that at 1:50 a.m. on Sunday, a deputy noticed three ATVs at the intersection of Highland Drive SW and Sunset Drive SW without proper registration. The probable cause affidavit notes that when the deputy attempted to stop two of the vehicles at a red light, both took off at high

Photo by WJXT News4JAX Emergency crews were on the scene of a crash with serious injuries Monday afternoon on I-10 West after U.S. 301 near Baldwin. As of 3:07 p.m., all westbound lanes of I-10 were closed near mile marker 342. Traffic was being diverted to the U.S. 301 exit. Drivers were told to expect delays in the area. According to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department, two people were transported to the hospital with serious injuries. A view from