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Victim suffered bloody bite mark on his neck, deputies sayA Florida woman lunged from the back seat and attacked her Uber driver, biting, choking and scratching the man, leaving him bloodied, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Records show Michele Stilwell, of St. Petersburg, was in an Uber around 4:45 p.m. on Saturday when she started choking the driver while he was behind the wheel, first using her hands and then her arms in the unprovoked attack. Deputies said the victim tried to pull over but Stilwell crawled onto the center console and bit the back of his...

The Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart is "at risk of an imminent collapse," the US Coast Guard warned. Officials have closed off the southbound lanes indefinitely. Northbound lanes have been split to accommodate southbound and northbound traffic. Commercial boating traffic has been halted. The Roosevelt Bridge was built 24 years ago and spans the St. Lucie River

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office says a witness told police that Hatcher gave her friend “a lot of money” to find someone to kill her parents, according to an arrest affidavit. Hatcher’s boyfriend had told police he saw Hatcher Monday morning “at a known drug house” where she told him “she wanted to kill her parents,” the affidavit says. While being interviewed by police, Hatcher admitted to stealing the card and making the transactions. She went on to say she used $100 to buy cocaine and gave $400 to her friend to give to someone to kill her parents, according...