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An Escambia County jail inmate is expected to be charged for a fellow inmate’s beating death, according to the sheriff’s office. The incident took place the afternoon of Oct. 4 in the jail infirmary, according to the county. Deputies say 36-year-old Jorge Velasquez beat 42-year-old Kevin Johnson as they were in the same cell. Velasquez was charged with aggravated battery, while Johnson was hospitalized for treatment. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office was notified on Saturday that Johnson died from his

A 44-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly chasing children around with a knife at a children’s birthday party Sunday night, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies say Lisa Bryant became angry at the birthday party on Irene Lane, which is when she allegedly started chasing people with a knife. A 17-year-old was cut on the hand during the incident, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Bryant is being held in Escambia County Jail with no bond on

Two Navarre residents were killed in a head-on motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon in Bay County. It happened around 4:10 p.m. on State Road 20. According to Florida Highway Patrol, a 46-year-old Milton man was traveling east on State Road 20 in his pickup truck, while the Navarre residents — a 50-year-old man (driver) and a 52-year-old woman (passenger) — were traveling west on a Harley Davidson motorcycle. “As the pickup truck approached a right curve (going east), it crossed the

Leesburg police have arrested two men in the shooting death of an 87-year-old at a gas station last month. On oct. 6, police were notified that Clarence Ervin of Leesburg had died from his injuries sustained on Sept. 28. Police said Ervin was sitting in a car at the Citgo along West Main Street when he was shot by someone arguing with him. Officers determined three suspects had approached the vehicle — two on the passenger’s side and one on

Photo by: ACFR Emergency crews extricated one person from a vehicle when a tractor-trailer and pickup collided Monday morning on W. Newberry Road in Gainesville. According to an Alachua County Fire Rescue (ACFR) release, the crash occurred at 9:45 a.m. at the 16200 block of W. Newberry Rd. ACFR and Newberry Fire Department crews arrived to find the pickup occupant trapped and both the east and westbound lanes blocked on W. Newberry Road. Fuel was also leaking from the pickup.

A 16-year-old girl was shot and killed during a dance in unincorporated Clewiston on Friday night. The Hendry County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) said on October 11, dispatch received multiple 911 calls reporting gunshots at 700 Harlem Tenants Circle. At the scene, Jayhana Johnson was unresponsive suffering from a gunshot wound. HCSO said the girl was later pronounced dead. Investigators believe that the girl was struck by a stray bullet. Deputies, K-9 Units, and the Clewiston Police Department set up a

New information was revealed in a shooting where an 11-year-old was shot and injured in West Palm Beach on Monday. According to the West Palm Beach Police Spokesperson, Mike Jachles, officers made an arrest of a 12-year-old who brought two guns to a house to sell to two other boys. Jachles said the 12-year-old and the two other boys were not the shooter, nor did they live in the house where the shooting occurred. The 12-year-old boy was booked on

Police arrested a homeless man Friday after he was accused of attacking and raping a woman at knifepoint near Lincoln Road on South Beach the day before, an arrest report said. According to Miami Beach Police, the attack happened shortly after 7:30 a.m. Thursday along Michigan Avenue, near Lincoln Road. According to the arrest report, the suspect, 26-year-old Willie Amzi Rouse, and another man on a bike had been bothering the 45-year-old victim as she walked along Lincoln Road. Police

A Miami man has been arrested after police said he stabbed another man who was attending a bachelor party on Miami Beach over the weekend. Malik Edwards, 46, was arrested on a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in the Saturday morning incident, an arrest report said. According to the report, police responded to the 1500 block of Washington Avenue around 3:20 a.m. for reports of a man who’d been stabbed. Officers found the victim with a deep

A 49-year-old woman was arrested over the weekend after the cruise she was on docked at PortMiami, authorities said. According to her arrest report, Kelli Lyn Ryan, of Huntsville, Alabama, was onboard MSC’s Seascape cruise ship when she slapped a victim, who is 65 or older, during a dispute in the ship’s theater. Miami-Dade police said the incident was captured on surveillance video around 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 6. The ship’s deputy chief of security told police that Ryan’s son,

Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man after they say he stabbed his roommate during an argument. Caleb Damien was booked into the Marion County Jail on Friday on the charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. According to the arrest report, Damien and his roommate got into an argument over the victim’s plans to move out at the end of the year. The victim tried to leave the apartment, and deputies say Damien grabbed a knife from the kitchen. He

Around 6:40 a.m. Walton County Fire Rescue was dispatched to a structure fire on Punch Bowl Road in Gaskin. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find the camper fully engulfed in flames and threatening a nearby home. WCFR quickly extinguished the fire and prevented it from spreading to the home. No one was injured and the cause of the fire is under investigation, officials said. Fire accidents can cause catastrophic damage, leaving victims with serious injuries, property loss, and emotional