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Man arrested after officer says he punched police horse
A Deltona man was arrested early Sunday morning in downtown Orlando after officers say he punched a police horse in the rear. According to an arrest report, 23-year-old Pedro Arzola was talking on his cellphone on North Orange Avenue near Central...
Tags: Police Arrests, North Orange
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Cops: Trapped woman jumps from window
An Orlando man was jailed this week on charges he beat and trapped a woman, forcing her to jump out of a window to escape Wednesday. Rochelle Heard told police Theodore Roosevelt Hampton, 40, trapped her inside his bedroom at 536 Washington St. Heard...
Tags: Theodore Roosevelt
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Woman stabbed boyfriend in heart with kitchen knife, OPD says
An Orlando woman early Friday was arrested on charges of attempted first-degree murder after stabbing her boyfriend in the chest, piercing his heart, police said. The unidentified victim is in surgery for the stab wound, the Orlando Police Department...
Tags: State Road 408, Orange County (Florida)
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Local celebs, leaders, activists 'Walk a Mile in Her Shoes' to end domestic abuse
After days scouring store after store, Christopher Luczywo finally found the perfect pair of shoes — three-inch, blue-and-green wedge heels with floral details in a women's size 13. "Whatever my feet could get into at Ross seemed like a really...
Tags: Orange County History Center, Local Government, Buddy Dyer, Orange County (Florida)
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Orlando police offer $5K reward for information in slaying
Orlando police are asking for the public's help after a man was killed late Friday. Officers responded to a call in the 1300 block of Givens Street near North Orange Blossom Trail in Northwest Orlando at about 11 p.m. Friday. The victim was...
Tags: North Orange, Orange Blossom Trail
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Man wanted for questioning in December slaying arrested on murder charge
A 32-year-old man initially wanted for questioning by the Orlando Police Department in relation to a December stabbing death was arrested Friday on a murder charge. LeCarlos Williams was booked into the Orange County Jail just after 6 a.m. and is being...
Tags: Police Arrests, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Robin Williams
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Officer alleges unfair treatment
After two years of what she calls a systematic removal of female officers from prestigious positions within the Orlando Police Department, Sgt. Rhonda Huckelbery filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming gender, age and disability discrimination. Huckelbery,...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Discrimination, Trials, Social Issues, Labor Legislation
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TSA stops another gun at OIA
A woman escorting a passenger to a flight at Orlando International Airport was arrested Thursday morning for carrying a loaded handgun through security, records show. A Transportation Security Administration officer discovered the .380-caliber pistol...
Tags: Orlando International Airport, Firearms, Transportation Security Administration
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Female police officer files sex, age discrimination lawsuit against OPD
An Orlando police officer who was involved in a questionable arrest three years ago outside a Target store is suing the department, claiming she was a victim of both gender and age discrimination, court records show. Sgt. Rhonda Huckelbery, a 25-year...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Discrimination, Laws, Trials, Feminism
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Orlando police blast WFTV over 'firing' report
Staff writerThe Orlando Police Department has given a withering critique to a WFTV-Channel 9 report, but the station is dismissing the criticism. One point of contention: the meaning of "fired." WFTV's Kathi Belich on Wednesday reported that a female officer had...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Breast Cancer, Laws, Trials, WFTV
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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: Police Arrests, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Firearms, Orange County Sheriff's Office, PTA
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After mom slain at salon, children create domestic-violence group
The investigation was done. The funeral was over. But the wrecking ball of emptiness had only begun its swing. Oct. 18 — the day domestic violence infiltrated a hair salon and ended the lives of three women — had been a blurry confluence...
Tags: Apopka, Orlando, Orange Blossom Trail, Casselberry, Abusive Behavior
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