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A Leesburg man was arrested for battery after allegedly punching his elderly mother multiple times because he was angry, sending her to the hospital. An officer responded to UF Health Leesburg Hospital, located at 600 E. Dixie Ave., regarding a battery around 6:37 p.m. Monday, according to an arrest report from the Leesburg Police Department.  While en route to the scene, the officer was advised by dispatch that an elderly female patient, identified as the victim, was at the hospital

A 44-year-old Williston man died Sunday morning when the ATV he was driving slipped into a depression, rolled and ejected him from the vehicle along NE 120th Avenue. According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) release, the man was driving a side-by-side ATV on 2251 NE 120th Avenue in Williston at 10:30 a.m. when the front tire of the vehicle slipped into a large depression causing the ATV to roll into it. As the vehicle rolled, the driver was ejected. Emergency responders

A Fort McCoy man was killed in a fatal accident on Saturday morning after his car collided with a pickup truck in Marion County. The accident took place less than 12 hours after another man from Fort McCoy was rear-ended and killed while riding his motorcycle. The second fatal crash occurred on NE 160th Avenue Road, nearly half a mile south of the NE 180th Street intersection, at around 6:40 a.m. on Saturday, October 26. According to a report from

SANFORD, Fla. – A man is in custody after officials with the Sanford Police Department said he attempted to choke an officer during a response to a domestic violence incident. It happened in the area of Landing Drive around 9:40 p.m. on October 23, according to officials. Upon arrival, police made contact with a woman who said the suspect had struck her multiple times following an earlier confrontation with the woman’s mother. Police said the suspect, later identified as 18-year-old Brandon Legere,

Photo by: fox13news Two people were injured, and one person was shot at Ten Star Deli and Smoke Shop in Tampa on Saturday night, according to police. The Tampa Police Department says officers responded to the report of a shooting in the 1200 block of E MLK just before 7 p.m. When they arrived, three adult victims were found with non-life threatening injuries. TPD says one person was shot, and the other two victims were injured by glass. According to the police

PORT ORANGE, Fla. – One person has been killed in a shooting Saturday night in Port Orange, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. According to VSO, the shooting happened around 7:40 p.m. on Jackson Lane. One person is dead, and the alleged shooter was “being interviewed,” officials said. “All parties involved in the incident are accounted for,” VSO said. The Volusia Sheriff’s Office said the investigation is “active” and that additional information would be released later. Proven Success in Negligent Shooting

A pedestrian who was hit by a vehicle on Sunday evening in Clearwater is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries.  It happened shortly before 5:35 p.m. in the 2200 block of Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard.  Police say a 38-year-old pedestrian was crossing from south to north and was struck by an eastbound vehicle driven by a 46-year-old man. The pedestrian, who has not been publicly identified, was taken via medical helicopter to Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Investigators say neither speed nor

DADE CITY, Fla. – A 34-year-old Zephyrhills man was seriously injured after colliding with an SUV on Saturday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Officials say a 37-year-old Fort Myers man was driving a Jeep Renegade west on Blanton Road just before 10 p.m. while the Zephyrhills man was riding a Yamaha motorcycle east. According to FHP, the Fort Myers man tried to make a U-turn east of the I-75 overpass and entered the path of the motorcycle. Authorities say the

LANTANA, Fla. (CBS12) — A 26-year-old motorcyclist has died following a crash with a car that failed to heed a no-turn signal in Lantana. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) crash report states that on Friday at around 3:15 p.m., a woman driving a Chevrolet was heading north on South Dixie Highway in Lantana and approaching the intersection at East Central Boulevard attempting to make a left turn. The report states that a 26-year-old man driving a motorcycle was traveling

A man died after he was hit by a semi-truck in Lakeland just after midnight on Monday. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said the green Freightliner semi-truck, which belonged to Publix, was being driven east near Pine Chase Avenue by an employee around 12:30 a.m. The employee had just ended his shift and was returning the truck to the Publix warehouse. Deputies said the truck driver saw the 34-year-old man lying face down in the middle of the eastbound lane

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) – A man is dead after a car crash in Marion County Saturday morning. Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) troopers said the crash occurred on Northeast 160th Avenue Road south of Northeast 180th Street. It’s unknown if the victim, a 64-year-old man from Fort McCoy, was wearing a seatbelt while driving his sedan. The other vehicle was a pickup truck driven by two men wearing seatbelts, aged 58 and 82, from Lutz and Tampa, respectively. There was no

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Florida Highway Patrol reopens State Road 40 after fatal motorcycle crash shut down the road in both direction for hours. Original Story: Florida Highway Patrol is on scene of a fatal motorcycle accident in Volusia County that has State Road 40 shut down in both directions. Troopers said the crash happened around 3:45 p.m., Saturday afternoon near the intersection of Conifer Lane and State Road 40. According to an FHP report, a Yamaha Road Star motorcycle