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Photo by: Florida 511 Two multi-vehicle crashes on Florida’s Turnpike in Martin County caused major traffic delays on Friday afternoon. According to Florida 511, one of the crashes occurred at 12:37 p.m., before mile marker 126 in the northbound lanes. The severity of the crash is listed as major, according to Florida 511. At 2:12 p.m., there was an update. The traffic site says traffic is backed up all the way before mile marker 118, before Becker Road, and the

A 74-year-old man feeding chickens in a Hialeah pharmacy parking lot was hit from behind and knocked unconscious, authorities said. The man police said is responsible, Edwyn Oriel Diaz, was arrested on Thursday — the victim’s 75th birthday. Diaz, 46, is accused of attacking the victim on July 10 outside of the CVS Pharmacy y más at 101 Hialeah Drive. Hialeah police said the victim was feeding the birds at around 7:40 p.m., something he does regularly, when Diaz came

Miami-Dade police arrested a woman on a first-degree felony charge Thursday after they said she pushed a 91-year-old woman to the floor out of anger in May, sending her to the hospital. According to police, the incident happened on May 9 at the home of suspect Tamara Sabin Bowen, 73, located in the 6300 block of Southwest 24th Street in the unincorporated Coral Terrace area. Authorities said Bowen was getting the woman ready to shower in the bathroom and “became

 A 70-year-old nursing assistant was arrested Thursday, months after police said she was caught on camera stabbing a 78-year-old man with a fork at a rehabilitation facility in Fort Lauderdale. Authorities responded to the Savoy of Fort Lauderdale Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, located at 2121 E. Commercial Blvd., where a facility manager reported the facility was conducting an internal investigation into “elder abuse and injuries sustained by patients” on May 11. Surveillance footage recorded at 8:13 p.m., 8:40 p.m., and

 A man was shot and killed in Ruskin on Thursday. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported shooting in the 500 block of Laguna Mill Drive at around 8:30 p.m. A man was found with a gunshot wound to his upper body. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. The sheriff’s office did not say what led up to the shooting or if anyone was taken into custody. It was an isolated incident and there is no threat

The man accused of seriously injuring two people last month when his speeding Tesla slammed into their vehicle and knocked it off Roosevelt Bridge faces three new charges, the Stuart Police Department (SPD) revealed. Court records show Adam Alaoui had already faced two charges of leaving the scene of a crash involving serious bodily injury. On Friday, SPD reported two counts of DUI with serious bodily injury and a single allegation of DUI causing property damage have been added. Alaoui was arrested

The owner of an unlicensed, at-home day care in St. Petersburg is facing child neglect charges after a 2-year-old child in her care broke their leg, according to an affidavit. Earlier this month, St. Pete police responded to the home located at 1626 21st Avenue South after the child broke their right leg. The owner, 25-year-old Aniya Johnson, told officials the child fell, but medical doctors said the injury “couldn’t have come from just falling,” due to the type of

A multi-vehicle crash and disabled vehicles on the shoulders have resulted in long traffic delays for miles along stretches of Interstate 75 in and around Marion County. According to an incidents list from FL511.com, a multi-vehicle crash took place at around 11:54 a.m. just beyond mile marker 336 on I-75 South in Marion County. As of 12:55 p.m., the right shoulder is blocked and traffic is slow for several miles north of the incident. Additionally, a disabled vehicle on I-75

A man has been convicted in the 2019 beating death of a business associate in Hialeah Gardens, while his brother was found innocent in the killing. Zadiel Rivero was convicted Friday of second-degree murder in the February 2019 killing of 31-year-old Frank Canet. Rivero’s brother, Zandy de la Osa, was found not guilty of the charge. Jurors had begun deliberations on Thursday afternoon and returned their verdict by midday Friday. Throughout the trial, the siblings did not dispute most of the graphic surveillance video

After a man was shot and killed in his car at a grocery store and the West Palm Beach Police Department’s announcement of a suspect’s arrest on Thursday, the arrest report detailing the investigation and the shooter’s mugshot was released on Friday. A ShotSpotter gunshot alert reported eight rounds were fired at Adams Grocery on 2121 N. Tamarind Avenue, at around 8 p.m. on August 23.At the scene, officers found the victim— Tysen Mikenzie Cox. Detectives said the 21-year-old was shot in

A child is hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after being shot in the area of South Park Road and 5th street in Hollywood on Thursday. Police say the victim and the shooter got into an argument last night resulting in the victim being shot in the head. The child was transported to Joe DiMaggio Hospital to receive proper treatment for their injuries. Police classified the shooting as an isolated incident and the child is excepted to survive. Negligent shooting incidents

Two men who created a panic at the Gardens Mall that caused a massive response from multiple law enforcement agencies on Valentine’s Day have pleaded guilty to federal charges. The shooting on Feb. 14 sent shoppers fleeing for their safety and prompted an early closure of the mall. WPTV had breaking news coverage for much of the afternoon on the day of the shooting and has closely covered this case. Devon Graham, 29, of Riviera Beach, who police identified as the shooter, and Kamarcio