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CRIME & SAFETY
Merritt Island 18-year-old dead, three other teens injured in I-95 crash near Palm Bay
An 18-year-old Merritt Island man is dead and three others injured following a traffic crash Sunday morning, just south of St. John’s Heritage Parkway in Palm Bay, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The unnamed driver was traveling southbound on Interstate 95 in a 2005 Nissan Pathfinder. Neither the driver nor his unidentified...
Decade-old Vero Beach murder remains unsolved, $5k reward offered for information
VERO BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Ten years later, the Indian River County Sheriff's Office (IRCSO) is still seeking answers in a tragic cold case. IRCSO stated that KD Smith Jr. was shot and killed during a robbery on July 21, 2014. The shooting reportedly took place in the 300...
911 phone lines back up after global IT outage
The county’s 911 phone lines were back up and running early Friday after an overnight update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike caused devices around the globe to malfunction, officials said. The matter was not a security incident or cyberattack, CrowdStrike officials said in a statement. “CrowdStrike is actively working with...
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