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An investigation is underway into a stabbing incident in the area of 49th St W in Lehigh Acres. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, its Violent Crimes Unit detectives are investigating, and the sheriff’s office will provide updates as they become available. NBC2 is working to find out if anyone was injured in the incident and what led up to it. Personalized Attention for Your Personal Injury CaseEvery personal injury case is unique, and at Ovadia Law Group, we believe

photo by: (WBBH-TV) One man is dead after Charlotte County deputies opened fire when they say he raised a gun and pointed it at them Thursday night. According to Sheriff Bill Prummell, at 5:16 p.m., dispatchers received calls about a man walking up and down the 2600 block of Eager Road yelling, “Where are the cops at?” while shooting a gun into the air. When deputies arrived at the scene at 5:30 p.m., they said they saw a man, identified

A 49-year-old man was arrested Thursday after an anonymous tip led Florida troopers to a vehicle wanted in a fatal Lake County hit-and-run, officials said. C M R, of Davenport, was arrested on a charge of leaving the scene of a crash involving death. The Florida Highway Patrol said a 37-year-old Auburndale man, who was the driver of a disabled vehicle, was killed Monday in the hit-and-run, which occurred on US-27 at Margaux Drive. According to an FHP report, an

 A Largo man accused of attacking his wife on Christmas Day before turning a knife on himself, died from injuries this week, according to the Largo Police Department.  Christmas Day attack What we know: Police say JM, 78, called them on Dec. 25, 2024, about a domestic disturbance on Pinecone Way. M told police he killed his wife and was going to take his own life.  According to an affidavit, M attacked his wife with a sledgehammer over financial and

photo by: wsvn A dump truck snagged several power lines and caused some power lines to come down in Miami, leading to road closures that began in the middle of rush hour and lasted well into the night. Miami Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the crash in the area of Northeast 82nd Street and Second Avenue, Thursday afternoon. 7Skyforce hovered above the stalled dump truck with used cardboard boxes in the truck bed early in the afternoon.

Police swarmed the streets of downtown Miami after a suspect went on a violent rampage, leaving two people dead and two others injured, detectives said. According to City of Miami Police, the incident happened in the area of North Miami Avenue and Sixth Street, just before 7 a.m. on Thursday. “There were several individuals that were attacked. All of them homeless,” said Miami Police Chief M M. Investigators said the 30-year-old suspect was armed with a stick. “Our 911 center

A Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputy was injured after being struck by a suspect’s vehicle. The incident happened Thursday afternoon, sometime before 3, when deputies responded to Best Buy at Page Field Commons regarding three subjects involved in a theft ring. On arrival, the K-9 deputy attempted to restrain one of the suspects as they tried to flee in a vehicle, during which, the suspect struck the deputy with the car. According to LCSO, the deputy suffered minor injuries and will be OK.

An investigation was underway in Fort Lauderdale after a man was killed in front of his family in a shooting Thursday morning. Fort Lauderdale Police said officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 1600 block of Southwest 3rd Avenue around 11:20 a.m. Once there, they found the victim, an adult male, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have not released the victim’s identity, but his attorned identified him as Gregory Bradford. “It should never happen. But

A man was hospitalized after a possible shooting on the Golden Glades Interchange in Miami-Dade Thursday. The incident happened sometime before noon at the Interchange on Northwest 7th Avenue near Interstate 95 and the Palmetto Expressway. Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office officials said the victim told investigators someone drove up next to him when his driver’s side window suddenly shattered. The victim was injured in the face by debris from the shattered window. Chopper6 showed the man who appeared to be in

A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle on a major Boynton Beach road over the weekend. According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, the pedestrian was facing southbound in the center lane of Military Trail, near the Woolbright Road intersection, on Saturday, when the vehicle came up behind him. The vehicle struck the individual, who was pronounced dead on the scene. The name of the pedestrian was not released. The Sheriff’s Office did not release any

The Port St. Lucie Police Department is investigating a crash involving a pedestrian and a vehicle. The police department said at around 6:48 a.m. Thursday, it responded to a crash on SW Edinburgh Drive at SW Daemon Street. According to the police department, a 13-year-old was hit by a vehicle. The child was transported by St. Lucie County Fire District to Tradition Medical Center with minor injuries. At Ovadia Law Group, we are committed to helping pedestrians who have been

photo by: Courtesy NorthEscambia.com An 83-year-old Brewton, Alabama, man was killed in a crash Thursday morning in north Escambia County. It happened around 6 a.m. northbound on Highway 29 near Champion Drive. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the Brewton man’s pickup truck ran off the roadway, crossed the median and northbound lanes, ran off the roadway onto the shoulder and collided with a tree before overturning. The passenger in the truck — a 62-year-old Brewton woman — was hospitalized with