Man accused in Central Florida shootings pleads not guilty to woman’s murder
Read full article: Man accused in Central Florida shootings pleads not guilty to woman’s murderThe man accused of shooting five people, killing three Wednesday in the Pine Hills area of Orange County, has pleaded not guilty in the killing of a 38-year-old woman, according to a report from WKMG Click Orlando.
Police: 'Random' shootings leave woman, child, reporter dead
Read full article: Police: 'Random' shootings leave woman, child, reporter deadA man riding in a car with his cousin shot and killed another passenger then returned to the same neighborhood near Orlando hours later and shot four more people, killing a journalist covering the original shooting and a 9-year-old girl.
9-year-old girl, TV reporter fatally shot in Central Florida neighborhood, sheriff says
Read full article: 9-year-old girl, TV reporter fatally shot in Central Florida neighborhood, sheriff saysThree people are dead after shootings Wednesday, including a 9-year-old girl, and a television journalist who was in a Central Florida neighborhood reporting on a homicide that had occurred earlier in the day, according to Orange County Sheriff John Mina.
2 deputies disciplined after Bob Saget death investigation
Read full article: 2 deputies disciplined after Bob Saget death investigationOfficials say two Florida deputies have each been suspended for about two weeks for leaking news about actor and comedian Bob Saget’s death before his family was alerted.
‘Nazi’ protests held over the weekend condemned in Florida
Read full article: ‘Nazi’ protests held over the weekend condemned in FloridaMore than a dozen self-proclaimed Nazis yelled antisemitic slogans outside a Florida shopping plaza and waved a swastika flag from a highway overpass over the weekend.
Family of slain Florida woman questions investigation
Read full article: Family of slain Florida woman questions investigationThe family of a slain college student says a deputy dismissed clues that should have kept the man now suspected of killing her from driving away, days before he was found dead of an apparent suicide.
Death of Central Florida teen raises master-key concerns. Here’s how to protect yourself
Read full article: Death of Central Florida teen raises master-key concerns. Here’s how to protect yourselfApartment complex safety is a top concern for many residents after disturbing new details surfaced this week in the case of a Central Florida woman who was found dead in the woods a week after she disappeared from her unit.
FBI, state join search for missing Florida college student
Read full article: FBI, state join search for missing Florida college studentThe FBI and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement have joined a search that spans three counties for a missing college student who disappeared a week ago after a maintenance man entered her apartment.
Person of interest in 19-year-old Central Florida woman’s disappearance found dead
Read full article: Person of interest in 19-year-old Central Florida woman’s disappearance found deadA man who investigators determined was a person of interest in a 19-year-old woman’s disappearance was found dead Monday at an apartment complex in Seminole County, according to Orange County Sheriff John Mina.
Florida deputy suspended for Facebook post about Muslims
Read full article: Florida deputy suspended for Facebook post about MuslimsORLANDO, Fla. – A central Florida sheriff’s deputy was suspended for nearly a month after a civil rights group asked for an investigation into his Facebook posts about Muslims. In a February 2020 post on his personal Facebook page, Johnson wrote that “Muslims are taking over America,” calling them the “most intolerant people when it comes to other religions,” the report said. !” Johnson wrote in the post. None of those deputies reported the post to the agency, and none said they had concerns with the post when interviewed by internal investigators. Mina told the newspaper deputies have an obligation to report any policy violations they see while on duty, but said that is not the case for an off-duty deputy.
From police chief to VP? Inside Val Demings' unlikely path
Read full article: From police chief to VP? Inside Val Demings' unlikely pathFILE - In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., gives her opening statement during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington. Demings is among the women Joe Biden is considering for his vice presidential running mate. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
From police chief to VP? Inside Val Demings' unlikely path
Read full article: From police chief to VP? Inside Val Demings' unlikely path(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)ORLANDO, Fla. Val Demings has already been vice president. We created an environment of inclusion, Hartley said, recalling how she and Demings invited white students to join. In sixth grade, she was part of a group of black students bused to a predominantly white school 15 miles from home as part of desegregation. Being the first Blacks to integrate Loretta Elementary School wasnt always the best, most fun experience, Demings said. One lady called my district office and said, Well, why is she trying to dress like a white woman?" Demings said.
Report: Woman shot by deputies was a U.S. Army veteran
Read full article: Report: Woman shot by deputies was a U.S. Army veteranTracy Drowne pointed a gun at two deputies who came to her house while investigating a battery call on Tuesday afternoon, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said in a statement. A neighbor called the sheriff's office to report that Drowne hit him during an argument about his 16-year-old daughter, according to a sheriff's statement. The sheriff's office hasn't said what caused the confrontation with the neighbor. There were issues that she was dealing with, Perez told the newspaper. The sheriffs office is also completing an internal review.
Florida school deputy who grabbed girl by the head fired
Read full article: Florida school deputy who grabbed girl by the head firedORLANDO, Fla. - A school resource deputy in Florida has been fired after he was caught on video pulling a girl's head back as he took her into custody, authorities said. In body camera footage released by the Orange County Sheriff's Office, the school deputy approaches the girl, grabbing her arm and putting it behind her back while saying, "You're the one who started this s**t in school. "I'm tired of this s**t," the deputy says as he pulls back the girl's head, which is wrapped with a scarf. "I am extremely upset, disappointed and outraged by the conduct of our deputy sheriff in this instance," Mina told reporters. "I want the community to know that this type of behavior is not going to be tolerated at the Orange County Sheriff's Office."