Ex-Orlando cop found not guilty in excessive-force trial
Jurors found former Orlando police officer William Escobar, accused of excessive force during a 2014 arrest, not guilty on all charges Friday afternoon.Escobar was seen wiping away tears as the verdict was read. "Justice prevailed," he said.Escobar's attorney, Mark Horwitz, said his client was happy to have a full and fair trial, rather than relying on video that he said did not tell all the facts of what happened."It did not tell anywhere near the whole story," Horwitz said.Escobar admitted to ..>> view originalSEE IT: Woman steals Yorkie from Orlando pet store | WFLA
Still frame from video provided by NBC NewsORLANDO, Fla. — A woman was arrested and charged with grand theft in connection with the theft of a puppy in Orlando, according to the Orlando Police Department. Carolina Mejia Urbina, 25, was arrested Thursday afternoon, police said.Surveillance video obtained by police shows a woman stealing a Yorkie, worth $1,295, from an Orlando pet store.Two women are seen walking around the store in the video. At one point, one of the women is seen taking the pupp..>> view originalConfesor "JR" Rodriguez was killed in November 2012 in Orlando, case remains unsolved - Orlando Sentinel
Shirley Van Glahn stood in the doorway of her brother's house calling out his name.Her brother Confesor "J.R." Rodriguez hadn't been seen or heard from in four days. So she and her husband went to his Esther Drive home around 6 p.m. on Nov. 18, 2012, to see if he was there.For five minutes she yelled "Junior, get out! J.R., are you home?" after opening the unlocked front door.They got no response. Then they walked with trepidation into the house. A few steps in, she turned to her right."I saw my..>> view originalOrlando initiative offers residents free trees - Orlando Sentinel
Orlando debuted its "One Person, One Tree" initiative on Friday, which aims to make the city greener — by delivering a free tree to the door of any resident who asks for one."The purpose of this [is] we wanted to increase our tree canopy from about 25 percent to 40 percent by 2040, and we're encouraging every resident of the city of Orlando to plant a tree," MayorBuddy Dyertold reporters.On the program's website, onepersononetree.com, residents can pick out a tree, which will then be mailed to t..>> view originalOrlando Magic's defense will be tested by Utah Jazz with Victor Oladipo out with an injury - Orlando Sentinel
Victor Oladipo’s concussion will forcethe Orlando Magic to alter their starting lineup and will create a test for their new-and-improved defense when the Magic host the Utah Jazz tonight.Coach Scott Skiles said he’ll employ a starting five of Elfrid Payton at point guard, Evan Fournier at shooting guard, Tobias Harris at small forward, Channing Frye at power forward and Nik Vucevic at center.Asked what he likes about the lineup, Skiles quipped, “I don’t know if I like it yet or not. I have an in..>> view original14 GOP presidential candidates in Orlando for Sunshine Summit
Orlando is playing host to 14 Republican presidential candidates this weekend.All of the major Republican candidates for president are in Orlando for the Sunshine Summit at the Rosen Shingle Creek.The event is not a debate, though. Each candidate is getting time to present their ideas for the nation.Fourteen presidential candidates will speak over the two days.Marco Rubio led the pack Friday morning, speaking in front of the crowd of more than 2,500 Floridians.Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, Mike Huck..>> view originalAmerican Heart Association at odds with Orlando's smoking policies | Blogs | Orlando Weekly
Jennifer Desrosiers funeral: I-4 crash killed Orlando YMCA arts worker - Orlando Sentinel
At the downtown Orlando YMCA, she was known as Miss Jenny.Jennifer Desrosiers, 24, died in a rollover crash on Interstate 4 on Tuesday.Services are being held for the Orlando artist in her hometown of Newtown, Conn."She was just such a bright light for us here at the Y," said Debbie Metzger, district executive director for the YMCA in Central Florida.Desrosiers was a coordinator of art programs for children at the downtown Orlando YMCA.She started in January, Metzger said, and instantly connecte..>> view originalTrump vs Carson takes center stage at Orlando Republican summit | Reuters
ORLANDORepublican presidential candidate Ben Carson shrugged off an angry rant from rival Donald Trump on Friday after the bombastic billionaire tested the patience of the party's base by saying Carson had pathological tendencies similar to a child molester.The fallout from Trump's nasty broadside reverberated in Orlando where Trump and Carson, the two front-runners, were among a host of candidates speaking at the Florida Republican Party's Sunshine Summit.“I expect that kind of thing," Carson s..>> view originalPage Not Found - Orlando Sentinel
Condo sales, while a small part of the Orlando housing scene, had double the price growth of single-family houses in October from a year earlier, a new report ...>> view original
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