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A man and a woman were followed home, robbed and shot after winning a casino jackpot at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa.  The crime happened on Aug. 2 after the victims won a large prize from a slot machine, NBC affiliate WFLA reported. The pair was allegedly followed to a home in Riverside, a city about 13 miles southeast of Tampa, by two men.  The suspects were identified as Marcus Jenkins, 34, and Tristin Wright, 36.  Doorbell

A convicted felon with a lengthy criminal history who held a Miami Beach commissioner at gunpoint earlier this year has escaped a treatment center in South Florida. Miami Beach Police need the public’s help to look for Christopher Pitre, who was arrested back in April for over a dozen charges, including burglary and aggravated assault with a firearm. Police believe the 35-year-old Pitre is responsible for multiple burglaries, thefts and other crimes in Miami Beach. Back in April, police said Pitre held

A Colorado dentist is under arrest in a shocking child sex case. Authorities say the dentist flew to West Palm Beach to engage in sexual activity with what he thought was a mother and her daughter, who was just nine years old. The details of this case are spelled out in a federal criminal complaint. Authorities say when the dentist arrived at Palm Beach International Airport a few days ago to meet a woman and her little girl for sex,

Newly released officer-worn body camera video captured the aftermath of what authorities described as a hate crime on a postal worker in Fort Lauderdale that led to a man’s arrest. Fort Lauderdale Police officers’ body cameras were rolling as they arrived at the scene of the incident on the afternoon of Oct. 24, 2023. “What happened? I see a little bit of blood on your right,” an officer said to the mail carrier. “He grabbed me. He took my hijab

Photo by: wptv A family in Port St. Lucie is left concerned for their son’s safety after they went to pick up Jackson Critelli, a kindergartner at Oak Hammock K-8 School, only to realize he went missing at the end of his first day of school. WPTV followed up on a tip received from the Critelli family, leading Reporter Joel Lopez to St. Lucie County to get answers as to how the mix-up, that led 5-year-old Jackson Critelli to go missing

Cape Coral police say one person was found dead, lying in the grass after an overnight shooting on NW 25th Place. Police say they responded to shots fired at a home off NW 25th Place around 10 p.m. on Tuesday. An NBC2 morning photographer on the scene counted at least 13 evidence markers in the roadway when he first arrived around midnight. After a negligent shooting, victims often face not only physical injuries but also emotional trauma and financial hardships.

Photo by: wear A Cantonment man is critically injured after a crash on US Highway 29 north of Tate School Road Wednesday, according to FHP. According to Florida Highway Patrol, The 41-year-old man was driving a motorcycle traveling north on US Highway 29, where a 77-year-old Pensacola woman driving a sedan was exiting to go south on US Highway 29. FHP says the motorcycle collided with the sedan. The man was transported by helicopter to Sacred Heart Hospital with critical

 The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspected murder-suicide that left a woman and man dead. According to HCSO, on Wednesday night, their Communications Center received a call regarding two possibly dead people in a parking lot at the HCA Florida West Tampa Hospital at 6001 Webb Road.  Once on the scene, deputies found two dead people, a woman with gunshot wounds and a man with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. HCSO reported this appears to be an isolated incident with

 A man lying on the ground was killed after he was struck by a vehicle in a deadly hit-and-run. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) the hit-and-run occurred on NW 31st Ave in Oakland Park. Deputies say at around 6:30 a.m. on Monday its communication line received a report of a possible hit-and-run with injuries. BSO deputies and Oakland Fire Rescue responded to the scene where they found Fritznel Pericles lying in the parking lot with injuries that were

A 24-year-old woman was ejected from her vehicle and killed on County Road 484 in Ocala last night after her sedan entered the roadway’s median and overturned. The fatal accident took place near the intersection of CR 484 and S Magnolia Avenue in Ocala on Wednesday, August 14 at around 5:15 p.m. According to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol, the woman, who was from Belleview, was traveling eastbound on CR 484 in the outside lane when, for unknown

A deadly crash that had all of the northbound lanes of Florida’s Turnpike shut down in Orlando has now been cleared. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a pedestrian was killed and two other vehicles were involved. FHP says the crash happened at 3:43 a.m. on Thursday. The turnpike was closed for many hours, reopening at mile marker 261 around 8:30 a.m. FHP says the crash involved a semi-trailer, a SUV, and a pedestrian. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at

An elderly pedestrian was killed in Ocala when a golf cart crashed into him on Wednesday morning near the On Top of the World community. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say a 93-year-old woman from Ocala was driving a golf cart on the eastbound path on Southwest 94th Street around 6:30 a.m. The cart crashed into the back of an 84-year-old man from Ocala. He died at the scene. This developing story will be updated as more information is learned. Being