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A fire burned up a mobile home just west of Hawthorne. Alachua County firefighters found the home along Southeast 167th Street completely covered in flames at around 7:30 Tuesday evening. They were able to put out the flames but say the home was a total loss. They have not confirmed if anyone was in the home at the time of the fire. Legal Guidance for Fire Accident Victims by Ovadia Law GroupExperiencing a fire accident can be traumatic, with physical

A 20-year-old man from Miami was arrested Wednesday after he stabbed his own brother inside their home, authorities said. According to an arrest report from the Miami Police Department, Alexander Rodriguez and his brother were in the kitchen arguing around 6:40 p.m. when Rodriguez grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed the victim in the neck. Police said the victim ran to his bedroom and Rodriguez followed him, slashing him on the arm and face. According to the report, Rodriguez then

NBC2 is working to learn more after a truck flipped on to its roof during a crash in Tice early Thursday morning. NBC2 crews responded to the scene where they said they saw the truck lying upside down, on top of a tree. The crash occurred off of Carolina Avenue, just off Palm Beach Boulevard and west of Ortiz Avenue, around 3 a.m. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene. A tow truck was seen there shortly after

Photo by: (WJXT) A man died overnight after police found him shot just before midnight at the intersection of New Kings Road and Edgewood Avenue, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. Police said the circumstances of the shooting are not clear but they were called to reports of the gunfire at 11:48 p.m. Wednesday. They found the man with at least one gunshot wound, and he was taken to the hospital by Jacksonville Fire and Rescue, but he died. Investigators said

A 61-year-old man died Wednesday after he was hit by a car on St. Johns Avenue in Palatka, the Florida Highway Patrol said. According to the crash report, a 20-year-old woman was driving east on St. Johns Avenue near Oliver Street around 6 p.m. when the man stepped from the curb into the road, and she struck him. The man died at the scene. The woman, who was wearing a seat belt, was not injured, troopers said. The crash is

A man was found dead early Thursday morning in a home on West 12th Street in the city’s Durkeeville neighborhood, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. Police said officers were called to the house just west of Myrtle Avenue north at 3 a.m. because of reports of “an altercation with injuries.” Officers found the man dead inside the home and a woman was detained at the scene. Investigators said she was the person who called 911. Police did not say if

Photo by WKMG ClickOrlando A crash involving a big rig forced southbound lanes to shut down on State Road 429 in Apopka early Thursday. Troopers were dispatched around 6 a.m. to the area of mile marker 29, south of Maitland Boulevard. All lanes had been reopened at the time of this report. According to Trooper Steve, drivers still wishing to avoid the scene can exit southbound S.R. 429 at State Road 414 and exit at Clarcona Road to detour themselves.

A 59-year-old man who caused a fatal crash in Ocala while driving at nearly twice the legal blood alcohol content limit has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for vehicular homicide and several charges related to driving under the influence. On Monday, November 4, the State Attorney’s Office for the Fifth Judicial Circuit announced that Marion County jurors have convicted Douglas M. Williams, Jr. on the following charges: DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, DUI with serious bodily injury, DUI with

Election Day turned violent in FishHawk when deputies say a man attacked two women who supported different political candidates.  According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the corner of Fishhawk Crossing Boulevard and Dorman Road in Lithia around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday because there had been an altercation between a man and two women.  Deputies say Stuart James McMillan, 71, and two women had a disagreement over political candidates that escalated.  According to HCSO, McMillan pulled one of the

A lawncare worker died Wednesday afternoon after a Jeep veered off Braddock Road and struck him. Around 2:50 p.m., a man in his early 20s was edging the sidewalk, when a teenager driving a Jeep lost control of the car and veered off the roadway, according to Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. The lawncare worker was pronounced dead at the scene. JSO says the driver of the Jeep stopped and is cooperating with investigators. Police said there were no indicators of impairment.

The daughter of a man shot and killed in a police-involved shooting that happened in the Durkeeville neighborhood shared concerns about her father‘s death after the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released bodycam footage from that night. The video shows what led to two officers fatally shooting 54-year-old Djuan Jackson while responding to a reported carjacking. The bodycam footage released on Wednesday begins with a JSO officer gathering information from a carjacking victim when he is alerted about Jackson attacking a man with a