Tyler Vazquez

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Dave Berman |Tyler Vazquez

Officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other entities are continuing their investigation of a crane collapse at a hospital construction site on Merritt Island that killed two people working on the project. The accident occurred on the afternoon of June 4 on the site where Health First is building a new Cape Canaveral Hospital, off State Road 520.

3 weeks ago | floridatoday.com | Cheryl McCloud |Tyler Vazquez |Dave Berman |Hana A Khalyleh

An investigation continues at the scene of a crane collapse that killed two workers in Merritt Island June 4. At the time of the crane collapse, a special weather statement warned winds up to 50 mph were possible. Health First's Cape Canaveral Hospital on Merritt Island is being built to withstand a Category 4 hurricane and will stand 13 feet above sea level to withstand storm surge.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Tyler Vazquez

One of Brevard County's longest-standing providers of services for domestic violence survivors is facing a crisis after being targed by vandals this week.The Aurora Road office of the Women's Center of Brevard was heavily damaged and faces costly repairs, holding up the reopening of a nonprofit which offers help to those who have faced domestic violence, sexual assault, homelessness and other trauma. "The damage is extensive. Offices ransacked. Vital equipment destroyed. Property stolen.

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Tyler Vazquez

A lawsuit against the Orlando Diocese of the Catholic Church was filed by a Boca Raton law firm on May 30, alleging negligence was committed by a Brevard County priest who was murdered in January 2024. Jeff Herman of Herman Law firm, which represents sexual abuse survivors, announced at a press conference in Orlando that he is filing the suit on behalf of an alleged survivor who was childhood friends with Brandon Kapas, the man who killed Robert "Father Bob" Hoeffner.

4 weeks ago | floridatoday.com | Tyler Vazquez

The lawsuit alleges that priest Father Robert Hoeffner sexually abused boys. One of the alleged victims, Shawn Teuber, is now suing the diocese and claims Hoeffner used confession to coerce him into sexual acts. Brandon Kapas killed Hoeffner, Hoeffner's sister, and his own grandfather before being killed in a shootout with police in January 2024.