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A conversation with two passengers landed an Orange City, Fla., tow truck driver in jail after his cell phone pocket-dialed 911 and dispatchers listened in, police say.

Casey Anthony has filed for bankruptcy in Florida, claiming about $1,100 in assets and $792,000 in liabilities.

Police investigating the disappearance of a Hallandale Beach, Fla., boy last seen about 18 months ago have found remains that are consistent with an infant's, authorities said Friday.

New wireless-tracking wristbands designed to make the "Most Magical Place on Earth" even more hassle-free will hit Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., over the next few months.

Accused murderer George Zimmerman will ask a Florida judge on Tuesday to let him remove his GPS monitoring device and travel freely within the state pending his June 2013 trial in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.

A Florida gun collector is accused of opening fire on a car full of unarmed teenagers, killing one, in an altercation that police say stemmed from loud music.

Guess this dentist tried to pull a fast one. John Collazos, a 47-year-old man accused of posing as a dentist, reportedly treated a woman for a toothache -- by kissing her butt after giving her an injection, Hollywood cops say, reports the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

A former teacher in Florida's Broward County who was accused of soliciting massages from students has lost her license to teach in the state.

A Florida police officer quit after admitting he told colleagues that he would volunteer to assassinate President Obama.

A child has been airlifted to a hospital after being shot on a school bus in South Florida. Miami-Dade Police are investigating the Tuesday morning shooting in Homestead on a private bus for a Miami-area charter school. It's unclear whether the student was shot by someone on the bus or hit by a stray bullet.