Florida man tased after trying to flee from police
The Titusville Police Department released body cam footage showing the moment when an officer tases Benjamin Hovan, 32, after he tried to flee from custody.
A lawsuit over an avocado patent is headed to court in Miami. A rival avocado company has stolen the DNA of the special "Carla" avocado, and has begun selling the same avocados in stores throughout South Florida.
Miami police are searching for a suspect who stole a 2004 Honda motorcycle from the parking garage of an apartment building located at 230 Southwest 12 Street, between 4:00 p.m. on June 10, 2018, and 6:00 p.m. on June 13, 2018.
Comedian Kathy Griffin posted a video to twitter apologizing for having to cancel her Miami show after her plane had to make an emergency landing and she couldn’t travel to South Florida on Wednesday.
Miami police officer John Askew was cleared of any wrongdoing by Internal Affairs after police body-cam video surfaced of him using force to subdue an armed robbery suspect. Now a civilian oversight panel thinks something should be done about it.
Miami police are investigating a robbery that took place on August 26, 2018, in the parking lot of Sedano’s located at 3801 West Flagler. The robber snatched an envelope, which contained $63.00, from the victim's hand before fleeing.
During the breeding season, male Florida bog frogs will let out loud “chucks” to attract females. This state-threatened frog is only found in three panhandle counties.
A “monster” alligator was seen wandering across a golf course on the MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida on August 31. Local media reported that the gator had been previously seen in the area and had been nicknamed ‘Elvis’.
Kaitlyn Wolf said a video of her dunking her 3-year-old son’s head in a flushing toilet was a “joke” and “game” — and that she can’t believe Florida police and authorities are investigating the video.
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Diane Ward presided over the case of man in court wearing a Dolphins jersey accused of shoplifting a jersey from the team's store. The seven-year-old video keeps going viral, with rapper Snoop Dogg posting it a few days ago.
Tropical Storm Gordon swept over south Florida on September 3, dumping torrential rains across the peninsula and the keys. Gordon is now expected to become a hurricane just before landfall on late Tuesday or early Wednesday.
Andrew Gillum’s primary victory in Florida is the latest in a series of high-profile triumphs for black Democratic candidates running for governor, joining Stacey Abrams in Georgia and Ben Jealous in Maryland.
Ron DeSantis, the Republican nominee to become Florida’s next governor, has been accused of using a “racist dog whistle” during a TV interview after saying that voters would “monkey this up” by electing his liberal African-American opponent.
Two construction workers fell to their deaths early on Wednesday when scaffolding collapsed above the sixth floor of a hotel under construction near Disney World in Orlando, Florida. A third worker managed to hang on and climb to safety.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said it was investigating the death of Jason Boek, who was shot in a confrontation with an Uber driver on August 28. Police released dashcam video from the car of Uber driver Robert Westlake.
