1+ week, 4+ day ago   (144+ words) BREVARD COUNTY, FL — A 20-year-old Palm Bay woman was killed Sunday night in a three-vehicle crash involving an alligator on Interstate 95 in Brevard County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. A 58-year-old Canadian man was driving a Mercedes-Benz E-350 south in…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (191+ words) BRADENTON, FL — Manatee County public safety agencies are helping to evacuate and relocate about 157 residents from an assisted living facility in Bradenton on Saturday evening after a significant structural collapse at the building. Transportation and alternate accommodations are being arranged…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (149+ words) SARASOTA, FL — The Sarasota Police Department continues to investigate shots fired during a Saturday afternoon altercation in the Booker High School campus parking lot. Officers responded to the report of gunshots at the school around 2:20 p.m., SPD said in a…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (653+ words) PINE BEACH, NJ — The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office has taken over command of the Pine Beach Police Department because the department has been without a chief since December. Chief Keith Brown retired Dec. 31, the prosecutor's office said, and his departure…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (218+ words) MANATEE COUNTY, FL — A Manatee County Emergency Services deputy chief has been arrested in a child sex abuse investigation, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Zachary Molnar, 46, who serves a deputy chief of operations and EMS…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (181+ words) MANATEE COUNTY, FL — A woman was killed in a weekend crash near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Manatee County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The incident occurred around 10 a.m. Saturday on Interstate 275 near mile marker 5, just east of the…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (96+ words) MANATEE COUNTY, FL — A 41-year-old Palmetto woman died and another person was injured when a boat they were on crashed into mangroves in Manatee County on Sunday, multiple reports said. Felicia Taylor was one of seven people aboard the 24-foot…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (111+ words) SARASOTA, FL — An 18-year-old Parrish woman was killed in a Thursday night crash on northbound Interstate 75 in Sarasota County, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release. The crash happened just after 10 p.m. near mile marker 208, between Bee Ridge Road…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (126+ words) Patch Thank you to our Local Business Sponsor: Police Identify Teen Killed In Hempstead Homicide The 18-year-old who died outside a Hempstead apartment building Sunday night has been identified, per police. HEMPSTEAD, NY — Police announced Monday that they had identified…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (97+ words) A 61-year-old Tampa man was killed Friday afternoon after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing into a tree, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Authorities said the crash occurred around 4 p.m. on the southbound State Road 589 exit ramp to Waters…...