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TAMPA, Fla. - The brutality of the murders of Amalia Coc Choc de Pec and her daughter, 4-year-old, Juana Estrella were the focus of the prosecution Wednesday. Angel Cuz-Choc is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the case. The forensic evidence from the scene showed both victims had...

Surveillance video captured the moment a burglar forced his way into a Riverview restaurant on Labor Day, stealing cash and equipment.

WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. – Pasco Sheriff’s deputies are urgently requesting the public’s assistance in locating Mia Province, a missing/runaway 17-year-old female from Wesley Chapel. Province was last seen on Monday, September 30, around 10:30 p.m., in the Autumn Ridge Drive area of Wesley Chapel. At the time...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY – A three-vehicle crash on I-75 northbound left one driver dead and another seriously injured on the evening of September 30, 2025. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at approximately 7:20 p.m. south of Fletcher Avenue. Troopers say a 38-year-old Lakeland woman was...

Martin Garcia, a longtime resident, husband and father from Plant City, has been deported to Mexico, leaving behind a devastated family, while raising questions among advocates about how immigration laws are being enforced. Aaron Mesmer reports.

TAMPA, Fla. — Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, died at 91. The Jane Goodall Institute announced the primatologist’s death on Wednesday in an Instagram post. According to the Washington, D.C.-based institute, Goodall...

TAMPA, Fla. — Jurors were confronted with disturbing images on Tuesday as testimony began in the double murder trial of Angel Cuz Choc. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Cuz Choc, who is accused of brutally killing his girlfriend, Amalia Choc De Pec, and her 4-year-old daughter, Estrella, in Dover...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is reminding people to lock their car doors at night after a series of car burglaries led to the arrests of three teenage boys, one only 14 years old. It started Sept. 18, when a woman living on Timberline Road West reported that someone had […]

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A routine traffic stop of a bicyclist in Polk County on Tuesday evening quickly escalated, leading to the arrest of a Mulberry man on multiple drug-related and other charges. The incident occurred around 7:39 p.m. on Tuesday. A deputy with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office...

LAKELAND, Fla. - A former Florida cardiologist was arrested following an incident at a Lakeland hospital that ended with him being tased and Baker Acted after a physical altercation with law enforcement, officials say. What led to the arrest?. What we know:. On Sept. 19, a Bartow Police Department officer...