CRIME & SAFETY
Sheriff: Man arrested after biggest meth bust in Orlando history
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Federal investigators say they’ve carried out the biggest methamphetamine bust in Orlando history, and the drugs were being kept in two Orange County neighborhoods. Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration and law enforcement from Orange County agencies raided two homes on April 9 and...
‘A slap in the face:’ 15-year-old gets 6 years in jail in Orange County teen’s fatal stabbing
ORLANDO, Fla. – A 15-year-old boy will spend the next six years in jail for the death of a teen girl in a fatal stabbing last month in Orange County. Anthony Rushing, 15, pleaded no contest and was sentenced to jail until he is 21, with several conditions such as probation.
At least 17 people died in Florida after medics injected sedatives during encounters with police
At least 17 people died in Florida over a decade following a physical encounter with police during which medical personnel also injected them with a powerful sedative, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found. Three of the fatal incidents occurred in Orlando. Others were reported across the state,...
Arrest of woman found with cocaine stuffed in lamp linked to carjacking. She’s released
A federal magistrate in Orlando ruled Monicsabel Romero Soto, arrested on drug charges and connected to a Homestead woman’s carjacking, wasn’t a flight risk as she had two young children in Central Florida.
Man said he was paid to kidnap woman he carjacked in Florida, affidavit says
A man questioned about his role earlier this month in the fatal carjacking of a woman in central Florida told investigators that he was paid to kidnap her and deliver her to someone, according to court documents filed Thursday
‘I trusted you and violated us’ Orlando family left with rubble after being ghosted by a fraudulent
After being accused of fraudulently contracting practices, a self-proclaimed contractor is in Orange County jail after investigators said he defrauded an Orlando family out of $24,064.00.
Two men released by Judge Orenstein back behind bars
The man released by a district judge on non-monetary bond and wanted on new charges has been captured. Hermas Craddock failed to show up in court Monday on charges linked to a dangerous high-speed chase on Route 28.
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