ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida Attorney General’s Office on Monday offered additional prosecutors to Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell’s office to help deal with thousands of backlogged non-arrest cases, according to Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier.
Uthmeier, who was joined by Orange County Sheriff John Mina and statewide prosecutor Nick Cox at the news conference, made the announcement after Worrell implemented a new policy that limits the types of non-arrest cases her office would accept from law enforcement agencies.
Worrell cited a backlog of more than 13,000 non-arrest cases that she said is siphoning resources from other criminal cases that are more viable for prosecution…