Florida's Recent News

A prominent South Florida attorney tells CBS News Miami that he is alarmed after family members say the decomposing body of a 71-year-old man with dementia is found inside a closet at a nursing home. Loved ones say Elin Etienne was reported missing from the North Dade Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on August 22nd and they say his body was discovered on September 2nd, this past Monday. Attorney Bill Dean said, “The bottom line is where was the staff and where was the administration?

A police standoff at a Fort Lauderdale hotel ended with two robbery suspects in custody on Thursday. According to police, officers responded to the Relax Inn, located at 1851 S Federal Highway, after receiving reports of a robbery. Upon arrival, officers spoke to the victim, who they said suffered minor injuries but did not require treatment. The victim told officers that the suspects took off into a nearby hotel room, and barricaded themselves inside. SWAT officers and a negotiator responded,

Two teens were struck by a jeep while riding scooters Tuesday night in Orlando, leaving one critically injured and the driver arrested. “I just kept telling him I love him, I love him. Will you please hang on,” said Valencia DeLeon, describing her conversation with her son Troy DeLeon after the incident. According to the incident report, the boys were heading south down I-Drive. Florida Highway Patrol said the jeep driver was 58-year-old Dennis Trost. He was making a left

A 64-year-old Alachua man was killed and a 41-year-old Archer man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle head-on collision Wednesday night on State Road 45 south of Newberry. According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) release, the Archer man was driving a Subaru SUV south on SR 45 near SW 215th Terrace at 7:02 p.m. when he veered into the northbound lane where the Alachua man was driving a Toyota SUV north. The two vehicles collided head-on. Emergency responders transported both

An elderly man was violently kicked out of a vehicle after he was carjacked outside a Hialeah Sedano’s supermarket, and now a suspect is facing charges in the incident, officials said. Osmani Menendez, 38, was arrested Wednesday on charges including burglary with assault or battery, armed robbery carjacking, kidnapping, and battery on a person 65 or older, an arrest report said. According to the report, the incident happened earlier Wednesday in the parking lot of the grocery store at 1170

One person is dead following a fire in Riviera Beach. The Riviera Beach Police Department confirmed to WPBF 25 News Thursday morning that there was a structure fire on the 2500 blocked of Avenue E. An elderly man who was wheelchair bound in his mid-70s was discovered inside the building. The man was removed from the building and was confirmed dead. The fire marshal and Riviera Beach Special Investigations unit are at the scene investigating the incident. This is a

Photo by: nbc-2 A woman is dead after a three-car crash along Immokalee Road on Thursday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. According to the Florid Highway Patrol, a 47-year-old Naples woman, with two children in her SUV, was turning left from southbound Logan Boulevard onto eastbound Immokalee Road just before 9 a.m. A fertilizer cargo tanker driven by a 52-year-old Avon Park man was headed westbound on Immokalee. Witnesses say the driver ran the red light and slammed

A man from Pompano Beach received a state prison sentence for a hit-and-run that killed a bicyclist from Boca Raton. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) said on April 29, 2023, at around 5:38 a.m., Samuel Carvalho Vasconcelloswas driving his Chevrolet Malibu on SW 18th Street. In the crash report, Vasconcellos collided into 46-year-old Longuino Amaral Jr. while he was riding his bike. Investigators noted that Amaral’s bike had front and rear lights on. Amaral was thrown from his bicycle, landing

Two people had a violent encounter with a homeless man in Indiantown after the sheriff’s office said the suspect didn’t like their offer to help.One of the victims captured the brutal attack on camera. The victims told the Martin County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) that on August 30, ahomeless man,Jerquavious Jackson, 22, approached one of them while at Post Family Park in Indiantown and asked him for some money.Instead of money, he said he would give Jackson food. However, according to

The West Palm Beach Police Department (WPBPD) arrested the teen who was allegedly behind the wheel at the time of a December crash that killed a 17-year-old passenger in the car. Court records show Christopher Granja was booked Wednesday on a count of vehicular homicide as well as driving without a license causing death. The probable cause affidavit against Granja, 18, notes he admitted to driving the blue Hyundai Sonata shortly after midnight on Monday, December 18, 2023, when the car slammed

A 51-year-old Orlando man has died following a crash with a SunRail train Tuesday afternoon, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The crash happened around 2:45 p.m. on the railroad tracks near South Orange Avenue and Pine Street in Orange County. Troopers said the train was traveling south on the outside track next to South Orange Avenue. Investigators said the pedestrian sat next to the tracks and walked in front of the train. The man died at the scene, and there