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KISSIMMEE, Fla. - A former Kissimmee police officer who admitted to using excessive force during an arrest will spend nine months in jail. Andrew Baseggio was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to several charges stemming from a 2023 incident. What we know:. Former Kissimmee police officer Andrew Baseggio has...

ORLANDO, Fla. - A convicted felon accused of attempting to rape a woman on a popular Orange County running trail has been released from jail. The decision by a judge to grant Jacoby Tillman bond has drawn concern from prosecutors and past victims. What we know:. A convicted felon with...

Federal and local authorities in Florida arrested two Brazilian nationals on Shabbos in what officials describe as a “specific and imminent” plot to attack Chabad of South Orlando. According to law enforcement sources, Janaina Toledo, 32, and Leonardo Corona Ramos, 42, were taken into custody after FBI agents...

Two men were apprehended for murder following the shooting of an 18-year-old woman in Orlando. Jonathan Martinez, 20, and Joshua Benetiz Rodriguez, 20, were detained for murder. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office charged both with second-degree murder with a firearm and shooting into an occupied vehicle. “Karimar...

THREE surprising cities have been named the top retirement hotspots as nearly 74 million people plan to retire in the next few years. Americans are going beyond the typical Florida retirement homes as they search for a new place to spend their senior years. Baby boomers are now reaching retirement...

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – A co-defendant in the illegal gambling case involving former Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez changed his plea Monday to no contest. Sheldon Wetherholt pleaded no contest to charges of racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering. He will be sentenced at a later date. Wetherholt was...

A Leesburg man was arrested for driving with a suspended license after being stopped in a vehicle with no license plate. An officer observed 24-year-old Joshua Mathew Pierr Simpson driving a silver passenger car with no license plate around 12:20 a.m. Monday, Sept. 22, according to an arrest report from the Mount...

FLORIDA — Police are investigating after three people were injured in a shooting late Sunday night in Sanford. According to the Sanford Police Department, officers responded around 11:30 p.m. to reports of gunfire near the intersection of Oleander Avenue and 14th Street. All three victims were taken for medical...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Tropical Storm Lorenzo officially formed early Monday in the Atlantic Ocean. The National Hurricane Center at 5 a.m. said Lorenzo was located in the central Atlantic, about 1,100 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands. Lorenzo was packing 45 mph winds while moving northwest at 17...

Florida state Rep. Kevin Steele introduced House Bill 113 on Tuesday, which would require colleges and universities within the state to redesignate specified roads to reflect Charlie James Kirk. According to the bill, the University of Central Florida would be required to rename Gemini Boulevard South as Charlie...