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A 22-year-old woman is facing attempted murder and home invasion charges after deputies say she stabbed someone over a bad tip for a pizza delivery. B A was arrested Monday after the Sunday night incident at Riviera Motel on E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway in Kissimmee, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said. Arriving deputies found the victim, who was stabbed multiple times after ordering pizza from a local restaurant earlier in the evening. OCSO says A “became upset about the

An Altamonte Springs police officer and Seminole County deputy shot a man after he brandished a handgun on Christmas Day morning. The Altamonte Springs Police Department received a call at about 10:43 a.m. in the 700 block of Florida Boulevard. The caller told police her husband, S S, had behaved suspiciously the night before and requested to be escorted inside the home to pick up Christmas gifts. Police requested the family to leave the home after discovering S was locked

One person was killed and another person was injured in two separate shootings in Fort Lauderdale on Christmas Day. The first shooting happened at around 11:15 a.m. outside of Presidente Supermarket on Northwest 9th Avenue. First responders transported a man to the hospital, who later died. Over an hour later, another shooting happened half a block away on Northwest 8th Street and 10th Terrace, police said. One person was taken to the hospital and was expected to recover. Neither of

Four people were injured in a shooting in Naranja on Christmas Day, police said. Miami-Dade Police officers responded to reports of a shooting at around 6:26 p.m. at 6510 SW 138 Court, where four people were shot. A friend drove three of the victims to Baptist Health Homestead Hospital before police arrived at the scene, officials said. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue transported the fourth victim to Jackson Memorial South. All of the victims were in critical but stable condition Wednesday and

In a heroic start to the holiday, St. Lucie County Fire District (SLCFD) responded to a structure fire rescuing three dogs and a turtle. At 8:33 a.m., several units responded to a call for a residential fire near 13th and Boston Ave., in Fort Pierce. Upon arrival, crews faced heavy smoke and fire in the back of a four-unit structure, according to a post by the SLCFD. In a Christmas miracle, the firefighters rescued all the dogs and the little turtle from

A Lake County woman died at the scene of a crash on Christmas Eve. The 62-year-old Eustis woman was driving a 2018 Audi Q3 at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday traveling southbound on Orange Blossom Trail in Orange County when she encountered a vehicle driving in the wrong direction, according to an accident report from the Florida Highway Patrol. Her vehicle collided with the wrong-way vehicle, a 2008 Kia Optima, driven by a 39-year-old Orlando man. The Eustis woman was pronounced dead

A man was shot Tuesday evening during an argument over a potentially stolen vehicle in Pasco County, according to the sheriff’s office. The shooting happened at about 5 p.m. in the area of County Line Road and Central Avenue in Crystal Springs. The sheriff’s office said the man who was shot is expected to be OK, and the shooter is cooperating with deputies. They two men did not know each other, but there is no threat to the community. No

A man has died after crashing into several trees on Wednesday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol announced. A 39-year-old Spring Hill man was driving a Ford Explorer on Banbury Avenue heading east when he failed to turn and entered the shoulder of the roadway hitting several trees, according to FHP. The man was transported to the hospital where he died from his injuries. Comprehensive Case Management: Handling a car accident case involves numerous steps, from gathering evidence to negotiating settlements.

A Plant City woman was arrested early Wednesday morning after a near head-on collision with another car on SR-39. The crash happened at 2:30 a.m. north of Knights Griffin Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. A Dodge Grand Caravan, driven by Flor Tulia Perez Roblero, 45, was heading south in the northbound lane of SR-39 when it collided nearly head-on with a Kia Sorento. Both Roblero and the other driver, a 68-year-old woman from Zephyrhills, were taken to the

Two people were killed, and another was injured in a shooting outside an IHOP restaurant in South Florida on Wednesday, authorities said. The three adults knew each other and there was no threat to the city of Miramar, said J M, a spokeswoman for the Miramar Police Department. “We’re not looking for any suspects at this time,” M said. “We want to reassure the public that this wasn’t a random act of violence.” Police officers responding to reports of shots

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a car while reportedly trying to cross the street on the night of Christmas Eve. The crash happened around 7:39 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 24 near a shopping center on East Edgewood Drive in Lakeland, according to the Lakeland Police Department. Witnesses told investigators that the 69-year-old man had been trying to cross the street in a southerly direction when he walked into the path of a 2015 BMW that was traveling east.

A man has been arrested and is facing charges after a motel shooting in Punta Gorda late Christmas Eve. According to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, at 11:00 p.m., deputies responded to a call that someone had been shot outside of the Jo El Motel on Tamiami Trail. Upon arrival, deputies located one male who had been shot in the torso lying on the ground. With assistance from officers with the Punta Gorda Police Department, they located the suspect, I