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A fight over loud music turned aggressive along Amber Avenue in North Fort Myers Monday and has a neighbor fighting for his eyesight. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said Donald Otto was arrested and charged with battery and burglary for this incident. Anthony Orsini said John Thacker, who he calls Bo, asked him to come over and set up his speaker, to drown out their neighbor’s music. That’s when Orsini said Otto started swinging. “Seen him on the floor, he

Police arrested a man on a felony charge Tuesday after they said he was responsible for polluting the soil with lead and other contaminants through his work at a metal recycling business in Opa-locka. Authorities said some of the samples they tested were from liquid trickling into a canal that drains into Biscayne Bay. According to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Police Department, illegal dumping unit officers and Miami-Dade Department of Environmental Resources Management staff first conducted a joint

Deputies with the Broward Sheriff’s Office identified a man Wednesday who they said was killed during a shooting that occurred early Saturday morning in Dania Beach. According to Gerdy St. Louis, a BSO spokeswoman, deputies learned about the shooting at about 4:50 a.m. and found Robert Lee Speights, whose age was not disclosed due to Marsy’s Law, dead at the scene after he sustained multiple gunshot wounds near the 700 block of Southwest 10th Street. A Local 10 News crew arrived at

A Florida City woman was arrested Tuesday after police said she struck her 16-year-old son with a broomstick, causing a serious injury to his wrist. According to her arrest report, Shernice Gibbs, 42, got into an argument with her son while he was getting ready for school about his pants being too big. Florida City police said the argument escalated and Gibbs grabbed a broomstick and struck the teen on his left wrist, causing a deep laceration. Police said his

A 63-year-old man has been accused of brandishing a gun at two people while driving and exiting his car to assault them during a road rage fit. Port St. Lucie Police say Tuesday at approximately 4:30 PM they had responded to Southwest Briarwood Drive near St. Lucie West Centennial High School regarding a road rage incident. PSLPD discovered through an investigation that Paul Slane drove his black Mercedes aggressively around a truck while pointing a handgun at the driver and

Photo by: nbcmiami Authorities worked to put out a fire at the Swap Shop in Lauderhill Wednesday morning. Lauderhill Fire officials said crews responded to a fire alarm on the second floor of the flea market on West Sunrise Boulevard shortly after 7 a.m. The fire started in a vendor booth and crews were able to put it out before it spread, officials said. After the flames were extinguished, there was still a lot of heavy smoke so Florida Fish

A 21-year-old man was indicted on Tuesday in connection to his mom’s murder last month, according to the State Attorney’s Office. On July 30, Donald Donell Jamison allegedly shot two people at the El Sol de Mexico Bar & Grill in Brooksville and fled the scene, officials said. His mother, 53-year-old Claudia Barbosa, and another victim were found with gunshot wounds. Claudia was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. Following a statewide search for

A Miami GardA Miami Gardens woman accused of beating her 3-year-old daughter with a clothes hanger in an incident caught on video is now facing criminal charges. Aaliyah Shantrelle Herring, 25, was arrested on charges of child abuse and neglect on Monday, online records show.ens woman accused of beating her 3-year-old daughter with a clothes hanger in an incident caught on video is now facing criminal charges. Aaliyah Shantrelle Herring, 25, was arrested on charges of child abuse and neglect on Monday, online records

Nearly 20 animals starving and living in filth were confiscated from a home in Melbourne this week. The homeowner was taken into custody on several animal abuse charges.  Deputies confiscated a golden retriever named Sunny, two birds, and more than a dozen cats from a home on Coventry Street in Melbourne. Every animal was starving to death and living in the worst conditions, with urine, feces, and trash lining the home, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.  If deputies

Photo by:  WKMG ClickOrlando A rollover crash involving a semitruck Wednesday morning has westbound Malabar Road shut down in Palm Bay, according to the police department. The rollover crash happened near Babcock Street. According to the police department, westbound lanes will be closed. Drivers are advised to take other routes and to expect major delays. No other details, including whether there were any injuries, have been released. This is a developing story Understanding the Complexity of Truck Accident CasesTruck accidents are

Good Samaritans rescued a 5-year-old boy from a hot car while his mother shopped at Walmart Monday, according to authorities. Louis-Jacques Martine, 62, appeared before a judge in bond court Tuesday, accused of child neglect without great bodily harm. Authorities said someone in the Walmart parking lot on Pines Boulevard near South Flamingo Road noticed the child was left alone inside of a car with the engine off and windows rolled up. He “appeared to be scared and distraught,” an

Photo by: nbc-2 An 81-year-old poll worker was rescued after her car went into a pond early Tuesday morning at the Covenant Church of Naples. The woman, identified only as Sandra, was preparing for a day of work at the polls when the incident occurred. Jackie Ardoline, a campaigner who arrived at the church around 6:30 a.m. to support candidates on the ballot, spotted Sandra’s car sinking into the water. Ardoline, who typically enters the church through the main entrance,