Friday, July 14, 2017

24-year-old woman shot, killed in Orlando neighborhood and other top stories.

  • 24-year-old woman shot, killed in Orlando neighborhood

    24-year-old woman shot, killed in Orlando neighborhood
    ORLANDO, Fla. - A 24-year-old woman was shot and killed Thursday morning in a neighborhood west of downtown Orlando after she dropped her infant off at a babysitter's home, the victim's family told News 6.The shooting was reported around 8:45 a.m. in the 400 block of Ventura Avenue in the Spring Lake Manor neighborhood, near West Colonial Drive and North Tampa Avenue, Orlando police said.Authorities identified the victim as Breanna Walker and said the shooter is still at large.Walker's cousin, ..
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  • Video Shows Orlando Police Pulling Over Florida State Attorney

    Video Shows Orlando Police Pulling Over Florida State Attorney
    After public records requests from a television news station and Ms. Ayala, the police department released a video of the stop, which this week drew nationwide attention. A version posted by the Orlando Police Department on Wednesday has been viewed more than 300,000 times so far. It also gained coverage in The Tampa Bay Times and in The Miami Herald, which had the headline: “A black driver was pulled over for ‘really dark’ windows. It was the state attorney.”In the video, when Ms. Ayala asked ..
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  • OPD breaks up drug ring operating at Orlando nightclubs

    OPD breaks up drug ring operating at Orlando nightclubs
    After roughly a year of investigative work, Orlando Police detectives arrested three suspects Wednesday involved in a major drug distribution ring. Andrea Jablonski, 34, Alexandra Sanchez, 26, and Robley Bruce, 40, are all facing multiple charges of drug trafficking and possession. Officers retrieved large amounts of drugs from the Metropolitan at Lake Eola condominiums in Downtown Orlando. Police found a variety of drugs including cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy, Xanax, methamphetamine, LSD, ..
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  • Orlando cop with PTSD from Pulse shooting gets disability pension

    Orlando cop with PTSD from Pulse shooting gets disability pension
    It’s the season of bikini’s , tank tops and short shorts and while most of us are having a hard time keeping the Snickers out of our mouths, there’s one Orlando dog that can totally relate to our struggle. Meet Puff Pastry! With a 35 inch waist line and tipping the scales at more than 60 pounds, Puff is one curvy canine.  He was found as a stray in Orlando and taken to Orange County Animal services where he was adopted as a puppy 7 years ago. Calls to his family listed on his microchip wer..
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  • Orlando doctors, pharmacists among 412 charged in national health ...

    Orlando doctors, pharmacists among 412 charged in national health ...
    by: Jeff Deal Updated: Jul 13, 2017 - 5:58 PM U.S. prosecutors announced Thursday that they have charged more than 400 people with taking part in health care fraud and opioid scams that totaled $1.3 billion in false billing. Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the collective action the "largest health care fraud takedown operation in American history" and said it indicates that some doctors, nurses and pharmacists "have chosen to violate their oaths and put greed ahead of their pa..
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  • 24-year-old mother fatally shot near downtown Orlando, police say

    24-year-old mother fatally shot near downtown Orlando, police say
    by: Jason Kelly, Len Kiese Updated: Jul 13, 2017 - 11:22 PM ORLANDO, Fla. - A 24-year-old woman was fatally shot Thursday morning in the Rock Lake neighborhood, the Orlando Police Department said. The shooting was reported shortly before 8:45 a.m. at a home on Ventura Avenue, near West Amelia Street and North Tampa Avenue, police said. Photos: Woman fatally shot near downtown Orlando CSI now on scene. pic.twitter.com/TtZoQmShTg — Jeff D..
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  • Defensive end from Orlando commits to Colorado State

    Defensive end from Orlando commits to Colorado State
    Buy PhotoCSU coach Mike Bobo picked up a verbal commitment from a defensive player from Florida on Thursday.(Photo: Austin Humphreys, Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan)Buy PhotoA player from the football-rich state of Florida has verbally committed to join the CSU football team for the second time this week.Troy Golden from Olympia High School in Orlando announced on Twitter Thursday afternoon his intention to join the Rams. That follows the commitment of Miami athlete Davonta Wilson on Monday.COM..
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  • Urged by UCF instructor, Orlando expands poet laureate search

    Urged by UCF instructor, Orlando expands poet laureate search
    Judith Roney, a creative writing instructor at the University of Central Florida, said she was excited to learn Wednesday that Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer had launched a talent search for the city’s first poet laureate.But then, she read the fine print.Roney, who lives on Merritt Island in Brevard County, said she was dismayed to learn the title was only open to residents of Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties. So, she wrote Dyer an email Thursday, arguing all of Central Florida should be includ..
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  • Alleged Orlando cop killer gets 2 red-light camera tickets while ...

    Alleged Orlando cop killer gets 2 red-light camera tickets while ...
    by: Samantha Manning Updated: Jul 13, 2017 - 11:23 PM ORLANDO, Fla. - Thousands of red-light camera tickets are issued in Orlando each year, but the owner of the vehicle is not always the one behind the wheel. Regardless, the owner is the one who gets the ticket, even if there was no way they could be the driver. The situation is not uncommon. Recently, Markeith Loyd, who has spent months behind bars after being charged with killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend in December and Orlando ..
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  • Expressway Authority approves Lake County to Orlando route study

    ORLANDO, Fla. - The Central Florida Expressway Authority approved a feasibility study Thursday to help better connect Lake County to Orlando.The board had three possible routes, overwhelmingly supporting the third “Southern Alignment” example. That route would connect State Road 429 at the existing Schofield Road interchange to US 27. It would also generate $50 million through a toll road.There are no simple routes currently. Orange County Mayor Theresa Jacobs said five to 10 years down the roa..
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