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A pursuit on U.S. 1 in the Florida Keys reached 100 mph early Saturday and put other motorists at risk, according to an account by Tampa Free Press. The 24-year-old Homestead driver struck three sets of tire spikes and continued on bare metal rims; no injuries were reported. The Tampa...

A prominent orthopedic surgeon has entered a not guilty plea after being accused of stealing expensive wine from Costco in The Villages. Dr. Timothy Van De Leur, 56, who lives at the Country Club of Ocala, entered the plea this past week in Sumter County Court to a charge of theft. He has retained Ocala attorney William Ramputi to represent him, according to court records.

A scammer posing as a bank fraud department employee talked a victim into making multiple wire transfers, including one for $80,000, and withdrawing another $79,000 in cash over a matter of days, draining a total of $159,500 before the scheme was discovered. The case was featured in the sheriff's office's first Scam Free Saturday post, which aims to warn residents about fraud schemes.

Hulk Hogan’s longtime Clearwater, Florida, mansion has sold for $5.9 million, more than $5 million below the price sought when the property first hit the market. TMZ reports that the 5,400-square-foot beachfront home was listed in January for nearly $11 million and has now changed hands. A neighboring guest cottage connected to Hogan also sold separately for $2.8 million. It is not clear whether the same buyer purchased both properties, so the two transactions should be treated as separate sales

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Some Daytona Beach business owners say Volusia County’s Park Volusia Program is hurting foot traffic because visitors must pay a $20 daily parking fee, even for short stops. David Ur, owner of Rustic Dough Works, said his business has been open for about a...

Doctors who never really met their patients signed the orders, and the man who sold those orders to equipment suppliers and labs was sentenced Friday to 20 years in federal prison. Christopher Harwood, 44, of Fort Lauderdale, owned the telemedicine company TelevisitMD and several Florida medical-equipment suppliers. The Justice Department says he must also repay... The post A Fort Lauderdale telemedicine owner got 20 years and must repay $17,942,402 to Medicare for a brace and genetic-test sche

APOPKA, Fla. – A property in Apopka has accumulated more than $5.6 million in code enforcement fines over nearly eight years. But instead of collecting millions, the city could ultimately settle the case for approximately $22,000. That’s even less than the $30,000 settlement city commissioners rejected earlier this month....

FLORIDA — Several weather changes are on the way for Florida this weekend into early next week, including strong winds, high surf, and coastal flooding. Wind gusts could reach 35 to 45 mph from Sunday into Monday, especially along the East Coast. A High Surf Advisory is in effect, with surf-zone waves of 7 to 13 feet from Sunday through Tuesday. Coastal flooding is expected to worsen as king tides combine with days of gusty northeast winds.

A 78-year-old man from The Villages, Florida, Glen Lee Ong, was arrested on Oct. 9 after allegedly damaging his surgeon’s Tesla with a hammer. Police say Ong was angry his surgery had been called off because he took a sip of water, which went against his preoperative instructions. As detailed in a probable cause affidavit obtained by Law&Crime , police responded to a medical building after getting a call about a damaged Tesla. The surgeon told officers his co-workers heard two loud bangs, and th

Residents in an Orlando townhome complex are taking their HOA to court for a suspicious $232K deposit. Find out how much power HOAs have over their community’s funds.