Mike DeForest
Investigative Reporter at WKMG-TV (Orlando, FL)
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1 week ago |
clickorlando.com | Mike DeForest
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. - Fred Piccolo, a former spokesperson for Gov. Ron DeSantis who also served in other government communication roles statewide, was arrested Tuesday on a warrant for exposure of sexual organs, Manatee County jail records show. Details of the alleged crime were not immediately available. Piccolo was charged with three similar offenses in Sarasota County last year that were not publicly reported at the time, court records show.
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1 week ago |
clickorlando.com | Mike DeForest
ORLANDO, Fla. - As a representative of the Florida Attorney General's office met with Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell Tuesday to discuss ways of helping Worrell's office whittle down a backlog of unprosecuted cases, questions persisted about how the backlog occurred. Worrell said her office is trying to review more than 13,000 non-arrest cases.
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2 weeks ago |
clickorlando.com | Mike DeForest
ORLANDO, Fla. - A deputy sheriff responded to a domestic violence call but left without making an arrest, in part because the alleged victim's injuries were "inconsistent" with her claim of being strangled. Police did not take anybody into custody in a stalking case because an investigator could not identify the owner of cars seen on camera driving past the alleged victim's home.
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2 weeks ago |
clickorlando.com | Mike DeForest
Florida Highway Patrol troopers are trying to identify a motorcyclist who allegedly pulled out a gun and fired several shots at a car on I-4 around 2:30 a.m. Sunday. A motorist driving a white Honda CR-V westbound near Tampa began recording video of a group of motorcycles that were reportedly riding erratically, according to FHP.
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3 weeks ago |
clickorlando.com | Mike DeForest
OVIEDO, Fla. - Just moments after the airboat's propeller began to roar and the watercraft started gliding across waters of Lake Jesup, we found ourselves surrounded by wildlife. "You've got over 20 gators," said Jay Rivera as he navigated the airboat through a shallow channel. "It's beautiful weather today. It's not cold.
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Students hospitalized after getting drunk at Winter Springs High School prom at SeaWorld, officials say https://t.co/2QegULkPTF
Orange-Osceola state attorney Monique Worrell bars law enforcement from forwarding some ‘non-arrest’ cases. @OrangeCoSheriff does not support new policy. Worrell recently won re-election after being suspended by @GovRonDeSantis 2 years ago. https://t.co/pNGjyCJw7e
RT @news6wkmg: ‘Blow their heads off:’ Brevard woman held 2 boys at gunpoint over backyard fishing, deputies say https://t.co/9WGWEdyPth