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Photo by: mypanhandle An accident on U.S. 98 (15th Street), East of Transmitter Road has the eastbound lanes blocked. According to the Bay County Traffic Management Center, a large truck has overturned blocking the Eastbound lanes. Emergency personnel are on the scene. Comprehensive Legal Support for Truck Accident VictimsTruck accidents can lead to serious injuries and significant financial losses due to the sheer size and weight of these vehicles. At Ovadia Law Group, we provide comprehensive legal support for victims

Photo by: fox13news One person was killed in a plane crash reported near Fort Island Beach in Crystal River area Tuesday afternoon, the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office said.  Citrus County fire crews responded after reports of a twin engine plane landing in the warer marsh area of Fort Island Beach’s boat ramp.  Crystal River Airport reported three mayday calls before the plane went down in that area, Citrus County Fire Rescue said.  Firefighters have not said how many people were on board

Photo by: WFTS As residents in Hudson continue the long road to recovery after Hurricane Helene, another home was destroyed in one devastated neighborhood on Tuesday. “Welcome to the apocalypse once you come down over 19. This is awful,” said Melissa Pink. Bob Walker’s car, trailer, and race car weren’t damaged, but the house they are next to started to burn Tuesday morning, sending emergency vehicles scrambling to get through the storm debris to Kathleen Drive. “We just happen to

A 24-year-old Ocala man who was looking for the person who allegedly robbed him was arrested after he entered a local residence and threatened the homeowner with a hammer. On Monday, September 23, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to the 2500 block of NE 4th Avenue in Ocala in reference to an altercation. Upon arrival, the deputy made contact with the male victim who advised that a hammer-wielding man, later identified as Rangel Perez Torres, had entered his

A home health aide in Florida is accused of leaving an 86-year-old man who had fallen out of bed on the floor. Instead of helping the man back up, she went to sleep, according to authorities. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, 25-year-old Beatrice Taylor worked for Assisting Hands Home Health Care. The man’s family hired around-the-clock care from Assisting Hands, which consisted of two 12-hour shifts during the day and night. The victim had recently been hospitalized and was

The Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that a man is in custody after allegedly assaulting and holding a woman against her will. Leonel “Nelly” Ruiz, 32, of Okeechobee, was arrested Monday and charged with sexual battery, aggravated battery, tampering with a witness, felony battery, domestic battery by strangulation and false imprisonment. The sheriff’s office said on Saturday it received a report about a 33-year-old woman who had been sexually assaulted and held against her will for several days in

A man was charged with murder after a body was discovered buried in Spring Hill. Hernando County deputies were tipped off to a possible buried body on September 20 and launched an investigation. The body of Kevin Walden, a homeless man, was found on a property on Algood Road. Also living on the property was Jeffrey Brehony, 37, who deputies identified as the suspect. Brehony was living in “some sort of dilapidated structure” on the property and was recently “acting

A 68-year-old Green Cove Springs man died Tuesday morning after being hit while walking across U.S. 17 at Lovers Lane, the Florida Highway Patrol said. According to FHP, around 7 a.m. Tuesday, as the man was crossing the highway in Clay County, he stepped into the path of a car that was headed north on U.S. 17. The impact sent the pedestrian tumbling into the next lane, where he was run over by a pick-up truck. Both drivers stopped at

A Flagler County man was arrested after attacking deputies who had contacted him to pick up his child who was trespassing at a local Walmart.  On Saturday, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office responded to multiple reports of a group of juveniles causing disturbances inside a Walmart. The juveniles, all under 16, were seen riding bikes through the store, yelling, cursing at customers, and setting off car alarms. Deputies later found the group near Cypress Edge Dr. and recognized several of

 A man fatally stabbed himself after repeatedly stabbing his wife in a Vero Beach home, the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office said. Detectives in Indian River County are working to identify the couple involved in the deadly domestic stabbing. The incident was reported just before 8 a.m. Tuesday, when a woman in a home off 10th Street called police saying her husband had just stabbed her numerous times. Investigators said the man then stabbed himself in the neck. The woman

A driver died Monday afternoon in a multi-car crash at Northwest Centurion Court and U.S. 90 that left traffic snarled for hours on U.S. 90 and I-75, the Lake City Police said. According to police, at about 1 p.m. Monday, the driver was headed east on U.S. 90, approaching Northwest Centurion Court, less than a block from I-75, when they slammed into the back of another car, pushing it onto the sidewalk. The driver of the car that was rear-ended

Police arrested a man Monday after they said he allegedly attacked a woman with a drill and robbed her in northwest Miami-Dade. The incident occurred near the intersection of Northwest 191st Street and Northwest 67th Court just before 10:30 a.m. According to police, 47-year-old Alexander Gonzalez, who is listed as homeless in his arrest report, approached a woman at a gas station, forcefully took her car keys and struck her with a drill before fleeing the scene with her property.