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Photo by: City of Clearwater Two people were rescued after a yacht caught on fire early Saturday morning, according to authorities. Clearwater Fire & Rescue, Clearwater Police and multiple other agencies responded to a yacht fire just before 5 a.m. The yacht was located just west of Coachman Park and north of the Memorial Causeway bridge, according to officials. Two people from Clearwater were rescued by another boat in the area. Authorities say they were not injured. The cause of the

The parents of a 15-year-old who died in a Florida boat crash are now suing the parents of the teen who was driving the vessel. Breck Moorefield has filed the lawsuit on behalf of her son, Collin Moorefield, who suffered “massive blunt force trauma” and was launched off a boat that crashed into a St. Petersburg dock in March, according to the Aug. 12 complaint. The Moorefields are suing the family of the boy who was at the helm. That

Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers are searching for a Fort Myers man who is wanted after for failing to show up in court after driving under the influence and fleeing from troopers. Troopers say they saw Jose Alonzo, 27, speeding down SR-80 around midnight with no taillights, while swerving in and out of traffic. Reports say Alonzo nearly hit the concrete median, along with other drivers. When troopers attempted to pull Alonzo over, he sped away for several blocks before coming

A 45-year-old woman who had an active arrest warrant was biting a Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy during her arrest on Friday morning in West Park, according to deputies. According to Gerdy St. Louis, a BSO spokeswoman, the deputy was arresting Yofressy Baker on a pending warrant shortly after 6:30 a.m., near Southwest 56 Avenue and 18 Street. “Baker was detained and taken into custody,” St. Louis wrote in a statement. Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue personnel treated the BSO deputy. Court

A single-engine plane crash landed into a Putnam County Lake Sunday afternoon after taking off from New York, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The two passengers aboard the plane, a 77-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman both from New York, were not hurt in the crash. An FHP crash report said the pair were flying from Brookhaven, New York to Winter Haven, Florida when a crash occurred around 4:40 p.m. after the plane’s engine stopped working.  The plane crash

Stephen Gilbert posted on X that his “goal for this week is to find the nearest abortion clinic and burn it to the ground.” The nearest clinic is a Planned Parenthood in Port Saint Lucie, where a security employee was made aware of the post and notified the FBI and other Planned Parenthood clinics across the state. “The FBI contacted our targeted violence unit as part of our special investigations unit,” said Sgt. Dominick Mesiti, of Port Saint Lucie Police.

Yevhenii “Eugene” Arsirii has been hospitalized for about 11 days. He was helping someone in need on Aug. 11 when a hit-and-run driver struck him in Fort Lauderdale. Arsirii, 31, lost his leg and he is at risk of losing another. He has undergone several surgeries and procedures, and he said he feels grateful to have survived. Arsirii, a Ukrainian American, had recently moved from Orlando to South Florida for a new job. Even at the hospital, he said nothing

The driver of a school bus that crashed in a Publix parking lot on Friday morning has died. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said deputies arrived at the Publix at 1350 South Tamiami Trail around 9:07 a.m., along with representatives from Sarasota County Schools and the Florida Highway Patrol. An investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol found that the bus was traveling south on U.S. 41, approaching the intersection of Blackburn Point Road, when its 59-year-old driver experienced a medical

A 9-year-old boy who was critically injured in a 2022 crash in Miramar that killed his pregnant mother has been left orphaned after his father was killed in an ATV crash in Hialeah. The most recent crash happened on Wednesday, when 38-year-old Antonio Jose Estrada hit a home on West 5th Avenue. He was visiting family in the area when he decided to take a family member’s ATV for a spin around the block, police said. “While attempting to make a left

 A married couple was arrested last week for allegedly supplying the teenage child of a family friend with marijuana and electronic cigarettes for sex.  Kenneth Keene, 32, and Lillian Sanderfur, 28, of East Palatka, were both arrested on the following charges on Aug. 16, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office: The sheriff’s office was first alerted to the couple’s alleged behavior after the victim’s mother – a friend of theirs at the time – reported “inappropriate text messages” between Keene and

A 19-year-old man was arrested after being accused of burglarizing multiple vehicles in Winter Springs apartments in July, according to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said on July 20, they responded to multiple car burglary complaints. The victims reported multiple personal belongings were stolen, while others reported damage to other vehicles. What led deputies to the suspect was a Doordash order that was made using a stolen credit card of one of the burglary victims. Seminole County deputies said

A 15-year-old boy was seriously injured in a crash on Blanding Boulevard in Clay County early Thursday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said around 6:54 a.m., a woman was driving in the left lane of southbound Blanding Boulevard, approaching the intersection of Knight Boxx Road and Oak Lane. As she drove through the intersection, the left front of her car struck a 15-year-old boy riding a bicycle who was attempting to cross the road, FHP said. According to