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24, May 2012 - Madison, FL Crime Watch: Clay County property crimes reported May 14-17 - Florida Times-Union
Entry was made by throwing a block through the front door glass. Cash was stolen from a drawer in the library of Ridgeview High School on Madison Avenue, Orange Park. Entry was made by smashing the window in an exterior door. Cash was stolen ...
24, May 2012 - Winter Springs, FL A violent homicide isn’t hazing - Beach Beacon
The state of Florida didn’t need a special anti-hazing law in order to prosecute. Long-standing criminal statutes specifically address ... Orange-Osceola State Attorney Lawson Lamar said the Champion case is complicated, and investigators didn’t ...
24, May 2012 - Florida justices uphold term limits in Hillsborough, Polk - Tampa Bay Online
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme court says charter counties can have term limits ... Other counties with term limits are Brevard, Clay, Duval, Hillsborough, Orange, Palm Beach, Polk and Volusia. A term limit proposal is on the Nov. 6 ballot ...
24, May 2012 - Orange, FL 13 charged in hazing death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion
Prosecutors have charged 13 people in the hazing death of Florida A&M University “Marching 100″ drum major Robert Champion. Orange County State Attorney Lamar Lawson announced the charges at a press conference Wednesday afternoon in Orlando, where Champion died after being pummeled to death aboard a charter bus outside a hotel in November. The 22-year-old’s [...]
24, May 2012 - Florida justices uphold charter county term limits - WJTV.com
(AP) The Florida Supreme court says charter counties can have term limits for ... Other counties with term limits are Brevard, Clay, Duval, Hillsborough, Orange, Palm Beach, Polk and Volusia. A term limit proposal is on the Nov. 6 ballot in ...
24, May 2012 - Orange, FL Last defendant in Florida hazing death turns herself in
The last of 11 people charged in the death of a Florida A&M University drum major turned herself in on Sunday, state officials said. Lasherry Codner, 20, surrendered to local authorities at the Orange County Jail in Florida, said a statement from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. "We began contacting (her family) on Thursday and she turned herself in today," said Gretl Plessinger, a ...
24, May 2012 - Seminole, FL ACLU challenges schools over social security numbers on enrollment forms - Orlando Sentinel
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLU) has given the Orange and Osceola ... a requirement based on federal law and court rulings. Seminole schools received a "D" for incomplete compliance, while Lake and Volusia schools got an ...
24, May 2012 - Orange, FL Somer Thompson Killer Gets Secret Protection in Prison
ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- Jarred Harrell's location in the Florida prison system is a secret, so he doesn't get attacked.
24, May 2012 - Orange, FL Lawsuit alleges toxic exposure at prison in Fla.
More than 160 current and former employees and family members are suing the federal prison agency over ailments they blame on exposure to toxins at an electronics recycling facility at a penitentiary in the Florida Panhandle.
24, May 2012 - Orange, FL Lawsuit Alleges Toxic Exposure At Prison E-Recycler
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — More than 160 current and former employees and family members are suing the federal prison agency over ailments they blame on exposure to toxins at an electronics recycling facility at a penitentiary in the Florida Panhandle.
24, May 2012 - Winter Park, FL A month after gruesome deaths, suspects in Cady Way slayings behind bars - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sent
A felon, Florida Department of Law Enforcement records link him to numerous ... Nick's father, Bernie Presha, is a retired sheriff's captain who now works at the Orange-Osceola State Attorney's Office. Demings, at the press conference Friday ...
24, May 2012 - Two men charged with brutal killing of Florida teenagers whose bodies were 'burned beyond all
Davis, who has a speckled history with the law, was arrested last month on unrelated charges. Rodriguez was arrested on Friday. The latter has been convicted with felony theft, as well as misdemeanour theft and drug ... the Orange-Osceola State Attorney's ...
24, May 2012 - Orange, FL Sheriff: Gang started prison riot in Mississippi - Florida Today
died Sunday of blunt force trauma to the head, Adams County Coroner James Lee said. He was on the roof of one of buildings of the 2,567-bed private prison, owned and operated by Nashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corporation of America, when the assault occurred.
24, May 2012 - Orange, FL Prosecutors release evidence in FAMU hazing death of drum major Robert Champion - Orlando Sentinel
If convicted, they could be sentenced to five years in prison. The iconic marching band, a moneymaker for FAMU, Florida's largest historically black university, had performed that afternoon during halftime of the 66 t h Florida Classic ...
23, May 2012 - Port Orange, FL Volusia Personal Injury Lawyer Talks to Students on "Law Day" - PRWeb
Attorney Allan L. Ziffra recently spent a morning talking shop with a group of students about everything from the importance of bicycle safety to the consequences of lying. Ziffra – president of the Port Orange ... the Central Florida community for ...
23, May 2012 - Orlando, FL Orange County domestic partnership ordinance passes - click orlando
Orlando ... Florida’s first countywide registry. Orange County's ordinance, however, has a stronger legal enforcement than the city or Volusia County's registry. Under the ordinance, the support person has the right to sue in court, seek ...
23, May 2012 - Osceola, FL Scott appoints new 9th Circuit judge for Orange, Osceola
Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday closed the book on a drawn out legal saga pitting the Florida Supreme Court against an errant circuit judge.
23, May 2012 - ACLU: "Many" same-sex classrooms in Florida may be illegal - Orlando Sentinel
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida is targeting schools in Orange, Polk and Palm Beach counties ... they are using sex stereotypes," said Mie Lewis, a senior staff attorney with the national ACLU, which sent similar letters to ...
23, May 2012 - Osceola, FL Prosecutors to release documents in FAMU hazing
Records could explain case against band members charged in the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion Prosecutors plan to release new documents Wednesday in the hazing death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion, Orange-Osceola State Attorney Lawson Lamar said through a spokeswoman.
23, May 2012 - Osceola, FL Gov. Rick Scott appoints new 9th Circuit judge for Orange, Osceola counties
Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday closed the book on a drawn out legal saga pitting the Florida Supreme Court against an errant circuit judge.
23, May 2012 - Orange Park, FL Alachua Democrat Scarborough drops out of Florida Senate race - Gainesville Sun
At this point, Clay County Republican Rob Bradley, a former Clay County commissioner and an Orange Park attorney, is the only ... that he attended the University of Florida for his undergraduate and law degrees — and would work in the ...
23, May 2012 - Osceola, FL Prosecutors to release documents in FAMU hazing case
Records could explain case against band members charged in the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion Prosecutors plan to release new documents Wednesday in the hazing death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion, Orange-Osceola State Attorney Lawson Lamar said through a spokeswoman.
23, May 2012 - Osceola, FL Gov. Rick Scott appoints new 9 t h Circuit judge for Orange, Osceola counties
Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday closed the book on a drawn out legal saga pitting the Florida Supreme Court against an errant circuit judge.
23, May 2012 - Brevard, FL Detectives identify David McCarey as Railroad Credit Union robber - 10Connects.com
Florida -- Detectives found the man wanted for robbing the Railroad Credit Union in Seffner on April 30, in jail. David McCarey traded in his dress shirt and tie for an orange jumpsuit as the sheriff's office says he is currently in jail in Brevard County ...
23, May 2012 - Last defendant in Florida hazing death turns herself in - YAHOO!
... Florida law passed last year, a death resulting from hazing is considered a homicide punishable by a "felony level penalty," not a homicide warranting murder charges, said Florida State Attorney Lawson Lamar, who has jurisdiction over Orange and Osceola counties.
22, May 2012 - Orange, FL 'Ax the Tax' founder Doug Guetzloe gets 15 months in prison
Doug Gueztloe, the founder of the Florida Tea Party who used his role as an anti-tax activist to generate business for his political consulting company, was sentenced Monday to 15 months in federal prison for failing to file income tax returns. Doug Guetzloe was found guilty in February of not filing personal income tax returns for 2005 and 2006, years in which he made nearly $400,000. Federal ...
22, May 2012 - Orange, FL Panther found dead in Hendry County, killed in fight with another panther
Florida wildlife officials reported finding an endangered Florida panther dead Monday in a Hendry County orange grove, about five miles southeast of the Hendry County prison.
22, May 2012 - FAMU hazing: 'Several' to face charges in the death of Robert Champion - KYTV
In late March, detectives from theOrange County Sheriff's Officeand Florida Department of Law Enforcement turned their investigation over to the State Attorney's Office. Over the past several weeks, prosecutors have been poring over the details ...
22, May 2012 - Orlando, FL Workforce Central Florida expands list of jobs eligible for federal money - Orlando Sentinel
With Central Florida's unemployment rate at 8.6 percent ... "The goal is immediate job placement," said Shaughnessy, a local attorney with ties to Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs. "We can focus on long-term training later."
22, May 2012 - Wilmington 10: Pardons sought in NC race-riot case - Central Florida News 13
(AP) — A chapter of the South's desegregation struggle was resurrected Thursday as members of the 1970s group known as the Wilmington 10 requested pardons from North Carolina's governor ... and given long prison sentences in 1972.
22, May 2012 - Orlando, FL Florida Innocence Commission deserves life - Miami Herald
Florida ... Orange/Osceola Chief Judge Belvin Perry, Jr. at the helm, was tasked with studying false eyewitness identifications, interrogation techniques, false confessions, the use of informants, the handling of forensic evidence, attorney ...
22, May 2012 - Winter Park, FL 2 charged with murder in Fla. teens' deaths - Syracuse Post-Standard
(AP) — Authorities say two men have been charged with first-degree murder in the killings of two teenagers whose bodies were found engulfed in flames along a central Florida ... had lawyers. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said the Winter Park ...
22, May 2012 - Orange, FL Florida panther found dead in Hendry Co.
The remains of an approximately 2-year-old radio collared Florida panther were collected on Monday in an orange grove 5.4 miles southeast of the Hendry County Prison.
22, May 2012 - Criminal Charges Expected in FAMU Hazing Death - Myfoxmemphis.com
(NewsCore) - Prosecutors in Florida were expected to announce that criminal charges will be filed in connection with the hazing death of Florida A&M University (FAMU) drum major Robert Champion. The Orange-Osceola State Attorney's office ...
22, May 2012 - Orange, FL Jacksonville crabber: Don't get pinched by crabbing laws - Florida Times-Union
King said many boaters don't realize the traps are other people's property and messing with them is a third-degree felony in Florida, punishable by a maximum of five years in prison ... of like someone taking an orange from an orange grove ...
22, May 2012 - Brevard, FL Florida man pleads not guilty in Navy charity scam - Florida Today
Thompson, dressed in an orange jail jumpsuit, sat with his manacled hands on his lap, smiling lightly when the prosecutor mentioned Thompson’s refusal to cooperate in identifying himself. Brad Tammaro, chief counsel to Ohio Attorney General ...
22, May 2012 - Orange, FL Report: 2,000 Exonerated Of Crimes Since 1989 - Denver Channel
His life was returned to him in December 2009, when a Florida judge freed him after ... Bain stood among grapefruit and orange trees that weren't even planted when he went to prison and said he'd like to tour the country on his motorcycle.
22, May 2012 - Orange, FL Former Republican Committee member Doug Guetzloe sentenced in Federal Court - Examiner
Those actions constituted a violation of both party rules and Florida’s election laws ... he received nearly $400,000.00 in hush money from the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority to keep Ax the Tax from opposing a toll increase ...
22, May 2012 - Orange, FL Florida panther found dead in Hendry Co. - msnbc.com
The remains of an approximately 2-year-old radio collared Florida panther were collected on Monday in an orange grove 5.4 miles southeast of the Hendry County Prison. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the male panther was ...
22, May 2012 - Hamilton, FL 11th FAMU hazing death defendant arrested in Florida - Cincinnati.com
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says 20-year-old Lasherry Codner surrendered Sunday at the Orange County jail. Jail records showed that Codner posted $15,000 bond and would be released. Eleven FAMU band members face third-degree felony ...
22, May 2012 - Orange, FL Panther found dead in Hendry County, killed in fight with another panther - Naples Daily News
... Florida wildlife officials reported finding an endangered Florida panther dead Monday in a Hendry County orange grove, about five miles southeast of the Hendry County prison. The 2-year-old male panther had a radio tracking collar and was ...
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