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Stop Sticks help put the brakes on escaping criminals
It was a 2 a.m. traffic stop on Interstate 95 and the suspect pulled out a gun, backed off Boynton Beach cops and then sped away. After a few miles of careening down the highway, the bandit headed for the Linton Boulevard exit. Waiting there was a...
Tags: Highway Transportation, Crime, Law and Justice, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Delray Beach
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FHP planes to help catch speeders this holiday weekend
It's a traffic enforcement technique that's a half-century old, but until you're nabbed by a "bear in the air," you may never know it exists. The Florida Highway Patrol planes that coordinate with troopers on the ground will be flying this Memorial...
Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Memorial Day, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Holidays
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FHP: Man who died in pond crash suffered 'medical episode'
A Kissimmee man who died early Friday after driving his sedan into an Osceola County retention pond suffered from a medical problem before the crash. Jose Soto Maisonet, 39, was driving a 1994 Honda Accord north on John Young Parkway, approaching Osceola...
Tags: Cell Phones, Television Industry, Kissimmee
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School nurse showed up for work drunk, cops say
FloriDUHNoreen Patricia Freeman, a school nurse at a pre-K school, is accused of driving to work drunk on Tuesday morning, reports WBBH NBC News-2 in Fort Myers. Punta Gorda cops said Freeman, 57, had slurred speech, struggled to stand up and blew three times...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Health and Medical Professionals, Prosecution
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Friday Traffic
Sun SentinelCrashes and other incidents being reported on area roadways Friday morning by the Florida Highway Patrol and Florida Department of Transportation include:Tags: Florida Department of Transportation
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FHP: Orlando police car involved in minor crash with school bus
An Orlando police patrol car was involved in a minor crash with a school bus on State Road 408 this afternoon, the Florida Highway Patrol is reporting. FHP Sgt. Kim Montes said the police officer was trying to pass the school bus and sideswiped it about...
Tags: Transportation Accidents, Orlando, State Road 408, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Osceola couple identified by FHP as crash deaths
An Osceola County couple was identified Thursday as the victims of a fiery weekend crash near Poinciana, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Ramon Martinez, 67, and his wife, Awilda Martinez, 65, of Kissmimee died about 3:40 p.m. Sunday after their...
Tags: Poinciana, Osceola County
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Man walking from crash killed in second crash
A 64-year-old Orlando man was struck and killed by a car while crossing State Road 50 in east Orange County shortly after he was in an earlier crash as a motorist, troopers say. After Richard Johnson's car collided with another vehicle at Vermont Street...
Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Bithlo, Orange County (Florida)
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Thursday traffic
Sun SentinelCrashes and other incidents being reported on area roadways Thursday morning by the Florida Highway Patrol and Florida Department of Transportation include:Tags: Florida Department of Transportation
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Suspect pocket-dials 911 while planning murder, BSO says
A Pompano Beach man mistakenly pocket-dialed 911 as he planned a killing earlier this month, enabling an emergency dispatch system to record his conversation and link him to the slaying, authorities said Wednesday. Scott Simon, 24, is heard talking with...
Tags: Shootings, Pompano Beach, Broward County Sheriff's Office, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder
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Lauderdale Lakes man sentenced in fatal Deerfield Beach crash
Sun SentinelA Lauderdale Lakes man has been sentenced after a Jan. 2 crash that killed four people in Deerfield Beach. Romial Romeus, 37, was charged with careless driving in his court hearing Wednesday. He was sentenced to 120 hours of community service, permanent...Tags: Deerfield Beach, Lauderdale Lakes, Trials, Punishment
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The heat is on: Wear a seat belt or face a fine
The Memorial Day weekend is coming up and state troopers are cracking down. Their target: those who refuse to wear seat belts. Last year, there were 205,633 of you. And that doesn't sit well with the Florida Highway Patrol, which is participating...
Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Transportation Accidents, Highway Transportation, Crime, Law and Justice, Memorial Day
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