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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – An Orange County jury found a Polk County man, Burt Colucci, 48, guilty of Battery after attacking a man during a confrontation at a Neo-Nazi demonstration in Waterford Lakes in 2022.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – An Orange County jury found William McClish, 29, guilty of Attempted Murder of a Law Enforcement Officer and other offenses after a surprise attack on two patrol officers he streamed live on Facebook.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Two Orlando Police Department officers involved in an October 2023 shooting have been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – An Orlando Police Department officer involved in a July 2023 shooting that resulted in one man’s death will not be formally charged. The decision comes after a grand jury in Orange County did not believe charges against the officer were legally appropriate.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – An Orange County jury found Tyrese Johnson, 33, guilty of First Degree Murder for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – State Attorney Andrew A. Bain released the following statement regarding the Bruce Stolk case:
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – On Monday, the State Attorney’s Office for the Ninth Judicial Circuit filed a 60-count information against defendant Stephan Sterns, the person associated with the disappearance of 13-year-old Madeline Soto.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – An Orange County jury found Lucien Harris, 37, guilty of Second Degree Murder for the shooting death of his grandfather, a Vietnam veteran and renowned local boxing trainer.