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Photo by: firstcoastnews A crash in Jacksonville’s Alderman Park neighborhood has some folks calling for change. A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office report shows a driver was cited for not stopping at the stop sign on Sunnymeade Drive, crashing into another car and causing it to flip. “It was pretty brutal,” said Randall Webb, who lives next to the stop sign. Webb came home Monday to find a car flipped on its side in front of his home on Valleyview Drive. Before

A man was arrested by the Cocoa Police Department after allegedly stabbing another man waiting for an Uber on Sunday. According to an affidavit from Cocoa PD, Jeremy Moore, 40, is facing charges of attempted murder. Cocoa police officers were called to an area of King Street just before 8:30 p.m. after reports that a man had been stabbed multiple times. Upon arrival, officers say they located a victim with multiple lacerations, including one on his neck that was very

Photo by: wsvn Officers took a man into custody after a police pursuit in Northwest Miami-Dade that ended in two crashes and a bailout. Miami-Dade Police units started following a stolen white Ford F-150 truck after an officer activated their license plate reader in the area of Northwest Ninth Avenue and 83th Street, Wednesday afternoon. Officers initially tried to stop the subject in the area of Northwest Fifth Court and 82nd Street, but when an officer walked up to him,

Photo by: WPLG Authorities are investigating after a person was hit by an Amazon truck. It happened on Wednesday evening around the 4200 block of Spring Tree Drive in Sunrise. Police confirmed that a pedestrian was struck, but did not provide any information on the circumstances that led up to the incident. The victim was taken to Broward General Hospital, police said. Authorities did not provide any update on their health status. There has been no word on whether the

 The woman accused of killing her boyfriend by zipping him up in a suitcase was in court today, just five days before her trial is set to begin. During a motion hearing on Wednesday, Sarah Boone took the stand and talked about her interactions with investigators. Boone is accused of killing Jorge Torres in 2020 during a game of hide-and-seek. During her testimony, her attorney tried to paint a picture of possible coercion. Her legal team hounded both the lead

Photo by: WEAR A pickup truck crashed into a home in Escambia County on Wednesday afternoon, according to Escambia Fire Rescue. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver — a 54-year-old man from Molino — was seriously injured. The driver ran off the roadway, hitting a ditch that sent his truck airborne. His truck went inside a home near the intersection of Sunshine Hill Road and Molino Road. EMS transported the driver and passenger to a hospital, according to

Deputies with the Broward Sheriff’s Office arrested a suspect Tuesday who they said tased her 87-year-old neighbor during a heated dispute over parking in Lauderdale Lakes. Authorities said the altercation occurred around 2:40 p.m. when the victim parked her car near her apartment, located near the 3500 block of Northwest 49th Avenue, and attempted to use the elevators. According to an arrest report, the victim told deputies that her neighbor, Kathryn Anne Collins, 54. blocked the entrance and began shouting

Photo by: WPLG A police officer was involved in a traffic crash in Miami on Wednesday. It happened in the area of Northwest 53rd Street and 17th Avenue at approximately 4:30 p.m. According to Miami police, the officer who was involved in the crash suffered a small laceration and was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital for treatment. The driver in the second vehicle did not report any injuries, police said. An investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.

A woman is fighting for her life after a car hit her on Sept. 27, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. An FHP crash report said the 49-year-old was walking in the crosswalk on Gulf Boulevard near Beach Access 38C around 7 p.m. Friday. The driver of a Hyundai Kona SUV said she had not seen the woman in the crosswalk, according to officials. The woman was taken to a local hospital with critical injuries. Ovadia Law Group: Advocating for

Photo by: Martin County Fire Rescue A structure fire on Southeast Turtle Creek Drive Tuesday afternoon resulted in significant damage and one person being taken to a hospital, a Martin County Fire Rescue spokesperson said. Fire rescue officials were called around 4:15 p.m. to a structure fire in the 100 block of Southeast Turtle Creek Drive, said Fire Rescue spokesperson Cory Pippin. The fire was extinguished by a worker at the home prior to fire rescue arriving, and the fire

A Florida Highway Patrol report details what led to the crash that caused an SUV to fall off Interstate 95 and dangle on a bridge below, and that driver received traffic citations. FHP said a green Toyota SUV in the second lane from left and a blue Mazda SUV in the leftmost lane were both going south on I-95 and approaching SW 7th Street on Sept. 21. The driver of the Toyota said he was avoiding another vehicle ahead, so

A Miami man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly forced his way into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment and threatened to take her life back in July, authorities confirmed Wednesday. According to an arrest report from the Miami Police Department, the altercation began on July 31, when 29-year-old Christopher Gonzalez accused his girlfriend of cheating, leading to a brutal attack that left the victim fearing for her life. The victim told police she had just returned home from work and was