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Orlando-area state Senate candidate charged with $48K theft from HOA
A candidate for a Lake County-based state Senate seat is charged with stealing $47,722 from a homeowners association whose finances she managed and is facing trial in September. Cheryl Blancett, who goes by CJ, has been charged with grand theft of $20,000 or more, a second-degree felony. The charges were first reported by VoxPopuli, a website that covers West Orange County news. The alleged ...
Orange County youth soccer team raises money to go to Paris for competition
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — An Orange County youth soccer team received an invitation to compete in an international tournament and needed months of creative fundraising to get there. The East Orlando Knights will play at the Paris World Games in France against teams from around the world on July...
Orange County Sheriff’s Office seeks school supplies in donation drive
ORLANDO, Fla. – The start of the new school year is coming up quickly and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office is looking for school supplies for students in need. The sheriff’s office posted on social media Friday that it will be holding a donation event collecting school supplies to help with the cause on July 10, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Orange County Sheriff investigating July 4 killing of girl, 13
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the Thursday killing of a 13-year-old girl on the 4400 block of South Rio Grande Avenue. Rose Dieujuste was found by deputies responding to the scene around 2:30 p.m., according to a press release from the sheriff’s office. Deputies transported her to a hospital, where she died from her injuries. Rose’s death is being investigated as a ...
Deputies: Man fatally shot 2 in east Orange over likely narcotics dispute; victims ID’d
The man suspected of killing two people in east Orange County is believed to have shot them over a narcotics dispute but details of what led to the shootings remain scant, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Leandro Correa, 48, faces murder charges as Orange deputies investigate the killings of two men shot Thursday in different neighborhoods about three miles apart. The victims were identified ...
Orange County deputies launch murder investigation after death of 13-year-old girl
ORLANDO, Fla. — Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff's Office have launched a homicide investigation after a 13-year-old girl died on Thursday. According to OCSO, deputies responded to South Rio Grande Avenue in Orlando around 2:30 p.m. after reports that a young teen was found unresponsive. Upon arrival, deputies...
17 people displaced after apartment fire in Orlando
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Seventeen people were displaced after Orange County Fire Department crews battled an apartment fire in Orlando on Friday afternoon. Chopper 2 was at the scene of the incident and showed a portion of the apartment's roof engulfed in flames. The fire was located at an...
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