I-TEAM: Arrest of former DEA task force officer has possible ties to the arrest of FHP trooper
The I-TEAM has been digging into the allegations against a former Nassau County Sergeant, who was also a DEA task force officer, and found possible ties to another drug investigation resulting in the arrest of a longtime Florida Highway Patrol trooper.
FHP: Infant in critical condition, 8 others injured in crash on Oakleaf Plantation Parkway
An infant is in critical condition and eight others are suffering from minor injuries from a three-vehicle crash that happened Thursday night on Oakleaf Plantation at Eagle Landing Parkway, according to Florida Highway Patrol.
Troopers: Deadly New Yearโs pileup in Columbia County involved 45+ people, 21 vehicles
The Florida Highway Patrol said Tuesday that troopers continue to investigate a โchain reaction of collisionsโ early New Yearโs Day in Columbia County that involved nearly two dozen vehicles and left three people dead.
A slice of Sanibel Causeway washed away in Hurricane Ian. Then came the truck convoy
With rousing music as a soundtrack to what could be an Army recruiting commercial, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisโ 13-second clip of the reopened Sanibel Causeway shows a convoy of trucks rumbling toward the Hurricane Ian-battered island.
news.yahoo.comโIt broke my soulโ: Loved ones mourn 5 young adults killed in South Florida wrong-way crash
Thousands amassed online to grieve five young adults who died in a tragic wrong-way crash. An outpouring of love, support and personal stories has underscored how many lives theyโve touched in the South Florida community.
news.yahoo.comFL trooper shares how she hit car speeding toward 10K race. โI was the last officer.โ
A 26-year veteran of the Florida Highway Patrol spoke publicly for the first time since she put herself in harmโs way to stop a speeding car headed toward a bridge full of people by hitting it head-on.
news.yahoo.comDrunk driver in Skyway 10K crash was 3 times over legal limit, troopers say
SARASOTA โ A woman who crashed into a trooper head-on Sunday while driving drunk toward the Skyway 10K race recorded a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit for drivers, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Kristen Kay Watts, 52, of Sarasota, drove past a number of road closure signs around 9 a.m. Sunday while speeding from Manatee County toward the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, ...
news.yahoo.comDriver ignored Skyway 10K interstate closure, FHP says. Then there was a chase and a crash
A driver has been arrested and charged with DUI after she ignored a closure on Interstate 275, failed to stop for law enforcement and then crashed into a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle, seriously injuring a trooper, the agency said in a news release Sunday.
news.yahoo.comFHP: Man arrested after traffic stop reveals 4 nervous, scarred human-trafficking victims in car
A man was arrested Thursday afternoon following a Florida traffic stop, revealing four human trafficking passengers he was transporting, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Mario Antonio Padilla-Aguilar, 24, faces multiple charges of human trafficking, no valid driver license, no vehicle registration and altered temporary tag, said the FHPโs Sgt. Steve Gaskin. At around noon Thursday, a ...
news.yahoo.comMotorcyclist dies, hit by a trooper and run over by a truck
A motorcycle rider died on a state highway where he was struck by a state trooper and then run over by a tractor trailer, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The trooper was helping a construction crew working on a lane closure for repairs Monday night near Auburndale in central Florida, an agency news release said. The 52-year-old man was headed west along State Road 400 when the trooper pulled onto the road and collided with his Harley Davidson motorcycle, sending the rider's body into the path of the truck, the report said.
news.yahoo.comPalmetto Expressway protesters were โbreaking the law.โ Questions rise on enforcement.
A day after protests erupted throughout Miami-Dade County, blocking major thoroughfares from Homestead to Little Havana and leaving thousands of rush-hour motorists stuck in traffic for hours, the governorโs office and the Florida Highway Patrol are calling some of the actions illegal.
news.yahoo.comHernando County man hit pedestrian, drove away with body and dumped it, troopers say
A Hernando County man has been arrested after he hit a pedestrian, drove away with the manโs body on his car, then dumped the body behind a bait shop, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Just after midnight on Sunday, 28-year-old Joseph Charles Strickland of Weeki Wachee was headed west on Cortez Boulevard approaching the intersection with Steuben Street. The pedestrian, a 32-year-old ...
news.yahoo.comWhat cops say happened during a Maserati chase on I-95 in Miami-Dade and Broward
A Saturday morning police chase that spanned southern Broward and North Miami-Dade counties ended with one crash, three people arrested and four people โ those three and a Miami-Dade police officer โ being taken to a hospital, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
news.yahoo.comMotorcyclist killed in Hillsborough after driver turns in front of him
A motorcyclist was killed Wednesday afternoon in Hillsborough County after the driver of a car made a left turn in front of him, the Florida Highway Patrol reports. The crash occurred about 12:45 p.m. at U.S. 41 at Miller Mac Road in Apollo Beach. Troopers said the motorcyclist, a 44-year-old man from Ruskin, was driving south on U.S. 41 when a northbound driver made the turn in front of him. ...
news.yahoo.comTwo women arrested after running checkpoints near Trump's Florida resort
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two women were arrested in Florida for running two security checkpoints near Mar-a-Lago on Friday in a police car chase that was unrelated to U.S. President Donald Trumps resort, officials said. Trump was in Washington at the time, but was scheduled to leave for his Palm Beach resort later on Friday. The vehicles driver, identified as Hannah Roemhild, 30, initially attracted polices attention for dancing on top of a car, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told reporters. A car chase ensued through the town of Palm Beach with speeds in excess of 70 mph and Roemhild driving her black SUV on the wrong side of the road at times, he said. Roemhild is likely to face charges of assault on a federal officer, deadly assault on a sheriffs deputy and various traffic charges for driving her car through the checkpoints, Bradshaw said.
feeds.reuters.comVehicle runs security checkpoints at Trump's Florida resort, two held
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Law enforcement authorities in Florida on Friday said they were holding two people whose vehicle ran two security checkpoints at U.S. President Donald Trumps Mar-a-Lago resort during a police chase. Trump was in Washington at the time, but was scheduled to leave for his Palm Beach resort later on Friday. It was not immediately known whether the suspects were attempting to breach security at the resort, or whether the chase was unrelated to Mar-a-Lago. Two suspects were taken into custody after the Florida Highway Patrol, which had been pursuing the SUV, continued the chase along with a sheriffs helicopter, the sheriffs office said. The sheriffs office said it would brief the media later on Friday along with the highway patrol and the U.S. Secret Service.
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