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A 4-year-old girl drowned Monday at a Winter Haven apartment complex, police said. Authorities have released few details about the circumstances.
A 25-year-old woman faces DUI and child-neglect charges after police found her 2-month-old unsecured in a Miramar car.
A Winter Haven man allegedly used red-and-blue windshield lights to make a driver pull over. Deputies say he admitted using them to clear traffic after brake-checks.
Luke Aaron Frazier is wanted in Hernando County on two organized-fraud warrants and a contracting-without-a-license warrant. The sheriff’s office lists him as having no bond.
New Port Richey police say suspects used a counterfeit credit card to buy thousands of dollars in Pokémon cards before leaving in a Chevrolet Malibu.
A Weeki Wachee house fire spread to a neighboring home early Monday, but residents escaped unharmed and the second property was unoccupied.
A developing officer-involved shooting brought Polk County deputies to a Lakeland intersection Monday morning. Officials have released few details so far.
A Virginia woman was extradited to Florida after investigators linked her to threatening letters sent to a lawmaker, judge, and sheriff's employee. Three felony counts are pending across multiple jurisdictions.
A Nissan crossed the median on the Courtney Campbell Causeway and struck a Ford Explorer head-on. One driver died at the hospital.
A Central Florida man will spend 20 years in prison after a jury convicted him of manslaughter in the shooting death of the relative who took him in.
A Lake Wales man is accused of entering the same home twice, pointing a gun at a woman and racking up 14 charges.
A missing-person search in Port Richey ended with Lourdes Arocha being found safe, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.
More than 100 cars blocked every northbound lane of I-75 near Thonotosassa before a BMW allegedly hit 140 mph and four people were arrested.
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