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Suspect in Orlando killing fled to Haiti but made the mistake of returning
A 35-year-old suspect who fled to Haiti after a 2021 Orlando fatal shooting was arrested upon his return, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. Madsen Saint-Louis was involved in a verbal argument with a man, Mackenson Gay, on New Year’s Eve 2021 at a restaurant and bar on West Colonial when Saint-Louis shot Gay once in the head, according to a warrant for his arrest from later that ...
Alleged killer of 2 in Pine Hills after-hours club indicted for murder
The man Orange County investigators accused of killing two people at an illegal after-hours club in Pine Hills earlier this year has been indicted for first-degree murder, the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office announced. Christopher Haynes, 31, is charged with murdering Joslyn Gray, 49, who witnesses and friends said was Haynes’ target. His bullets also killed 56-year-old Errol Irving, ...
State to speed up I-4 relief projects
The Florida Department of Transportation has made moves to speed up work on a stretch of Interstate 4, promising congestion relief for drivers as early as the end of 2025.<\p> The state announced June 28 it would begin work early on two Moving Florida Forward projects along I-4 at ChampionsGate and World Drive, including the construction of auxiliary lanes. These smaller projects will take place ahead of the $2.4 billion worth of work planned for stretches of I-4 from west of U.S. 27 in Polk County to east of State Road 536 in Orange County.<\p>
Sheriff’s Office IDs victim of deadly Orange County shooting
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office has released the identity of the victim in a deadly shooting early Thursday in Holden Lakes. In a press release, the agency identified the deceased as 35-year-old Vicente Nuno Ramirez. He was found by deputies responding shortly after midnight to reports of a shooting at the intersection of 35th Street and Woods Avenue shortly. Deputies transported Ramirez to ...
I-Drive pedestrian bridge passed over for federal grant
Orange County learned today that it won’t receive a federal grant this year to help pay for a pedestrian overpass at the intersection of International Drive and Sand Lake Road. <\p> “We apply for the federal [Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity] grant every year,” said Project Manager Blanche Hardy of Orange County’s Transportation Planning Division. “We applied for $16 million, which is currently half the conceptual cost.” <\p>
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