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Bentley driver says shooter fired at car without reason
Deputies have interviewed two people — the driver of a Bentley and its owner — after the driver dropped off a gunshot victim at Dr. P. Phillips Hospital and took off early Thursday. The victim was identified Friday afternoon as Mathew Thomas....
Tags: Winter Garden, Hospitals and Clinics, Shootings
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FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case early Wednesday after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said. Ibragim Todashev, a 27-year-old...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Mixed Martial Arts, Murder, Police Investigations, Tamerlan Tsarnaev
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Orange schools to do random metal-detector searches of students after gun incidents
The Orange County school district announced Wednesday that it will begin screening students using metal detectors in hopes of preventing "senseless and unsafe behavior" at its 184 schools. The announcement came shortly after a Colonial High School...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Firearms, Orlando Police Department
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Friend: Orlando man killed by FBI agent was questioned in Boston Marathon bombings
An Orlando man who was shot and killed by an agent with the FBI early this morning was friends with the Boston bombings suspects, according to a friend of the victim. Ibragim Todashev, 27, was shot this morning in the 6000 block of Peregrine Avenue in...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Police Investigations, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, FBI, Sports
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Erratic burglary suspect led cops on wild chase that ended in crash
A man accused of robbing local businesses for cartons of cigarettes led police on a chase Tuesday before crashing a stolen pickup truck into a tree, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said. Deputies and Orlando police believe Vernon Jeffrey Williams, 47,...
Tags: State Road 408, Robin Williams, Theft, Interstate 4, Orange Blossom Trail
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Orlando-area 9-year-old girl flees from possible abductor in white van
A 9-year-old girl told deputies she ran for help after a man in a white van tried to get her inside his vehicle in a southwest Orange County neighborhood on Wednesday, prompting school alerts and a community warning. The man followed the girl as she...
Tags: Apopka, Kensington, Windermere
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FDLE: Crime rates down in Central Florida, across state
Central Florida counties saw lower crime rates in 2012 — mirroring the statewide trend — according to the annual crime report released by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The overall crime rate in Orange County decreased by 4...
Tags: Lake County (Florida), Seminole County, Laws, Orange County (Florida), Crime, Law and Justice
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Arrest made in butcher-knife robbery near Orlando
Deputies have arrested a man they said jumped through a small opening in security glass at a convenience store and robbed a 65-year-old clerk with a butcher knife Saturday. The suspect is Jean Dorival, 28, who was taken into custody in Palm Beach County,...
Tags: Prisons, Theft, Orange County (Florida), Orlando, Miramar
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Black family finds KKK flier on doorstep; OCSO investigating 'threat'
A KKK flier was left on the doorstep of an African-American family in the midst of large, racially diverse community in east Orange over the weekend. The Orange County Sheriff's Office is now investigating the incident as a threat against the family,...
Tags: Religious Festivals, Christmas, Holidays, Ku Klux Klan
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Shooting victim rushed to ORMC after Pine Hills attack
A man was rushed to Orlando Regional Medical Center on Monday after he was shot during a dispute in Pine Hills. The Orange County Sheriff's Office responded to a call about gunfire around 8:20 p.m. near 5515 Pine Chase Drive and found one victim with...
Tags: Pine Hills, Shootings
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Simulator shows Orange teens the dangers of texting, driving
A close friend of Colonial High School senior Lora Abdulhak was killed by a driver who was texting. But it wasn't until she tried a simulator that imitates the hazards of texting while driving that Abdulhak, 18, vowed to stop doing it herself. The...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Verizon Communications, Labor Day, Florida Highway Patrol
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Deputies find missing man
Only a few hours after asking for the public's help in locating a missing man, the Orange County Sheriff's Office has found him. Lee H. Sears, 77, went missing after being seen around 9 a.m. Thursday leaving his home on Tomoka Drive in Orlando,...
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Orlando
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