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No charges in toddler's drowning, Seminole County Sheriff's Office says
Authorities Tuesday identified a toddler who drowned last week in a backyard pool as Keira Alanna Buckroth. Keira, who would have turned 2 next month, hadn't been seen for about 15 minutes before her 24-year-old stepbrother found her floating in the...
Tags: Winter Park, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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Man who posed as 'daddy' attacked teen girl he met in class, deputies say
A 34-year-old Maitland man was arrested Tuesday on three counts of sexual assault on a minor and six more counts of lewd and lascivious behavior. According to a Seminole County Sheriff's Office report, Robert Borders carried on a sexual relationship with...
Tags: Police Arrests, Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Maitland, Crimes
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Teacher accused of having sex with students submits not-guilty plea
The Winter Park-area man accused of having sex with two students when he taught at Lyman High School waived his appearance at an arraignment Tuesday and instead submitted a written not-guilty plea. Scott Kimbrough, a 39-year-old math teacher, was...
Tags: Longwood (Seminole, Florida), Science and Technology, Teachers, Abusive Behavior, Juvenile Delinquency
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George Zimmerman trial: Jurors share concerns, and opinions, on Trayvon Martin shooting
SANFORD — Seminole County residents poured into the criminal courthouse last week as potential jurors for the trial of George Zimmerman. By the dozens, most were sent back home. The first week of jury selection focused on pretrial publicity:...
Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Nursing, Justice System, Trials
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Dismissed Zimmerman juror banned from Seminole courthouse
A dismissed juror in George Zimmerman's second-degree-murder case had to be escorted out of the courthouse and has been prohibited from returning to the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center until the trial ends. Jerry Patrick Counelis is former...
Tags: Trayvon Martin, Crime, Law and Justice, George Zimmerman, Lawyers, Justice System
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2-year-old girl drowns in backyard pool
A 2-year-old girl drowned Wednesday in a backyard swimming pool, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office said. The toddler's family noticed that she was missing and found her floating in the pool on Pecan Court in the Goldenrod neighborhood about 4:30 p.m....
Tags: Winter Park
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'I was just protecting my family,' says Lake Mary dad who fought burglar
When a burglar broke into the Lake Mary apartment that a man shared with his girlfriend and their children, he refused to be a victim. At about 4:30 a.m. Monday, Jacqueline Perez shook her boyfriend, Javier Melendez, awake. First she thought she heard...
Tags: Lake Mary
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ACLU wants to know why Rx-data released to lawyers
The American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday it sent public records requests to several public agencies to learn why prescription information for roughly 3,300 Floridians was released to prosecutors and defense attorneys. Confidential information...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Volusia County, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Justice System
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Sanford pastors to play peacekeeping role in Zimmerman trial
As the trial of George Zimmerman plays out in a Sanford courtroom starting Monday, Pastor Sharon Patterson, who founded a small black church in the city, will play an important, and uncommon, role. She will sit a few rows from the jury, watching and...
Tags: Sanford, Trayvon Martin, Crime, Law and Justice, George Zimmerman, Justice System
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George Zimmerman trial death will bring media village, public-assembly area
SANFORD — With the George Zimmerman murder trial just one week away, a village of satellite TV trucks is about to pop up outside the Seminole County criminal courthouse. For months, courthouse personnel and others have been getting ready for what'...
Tags: Politics, Television, Journalism, Justice System, Dwayne Johnson
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Sanford leaders fear Zimmerman trial may revive city's image problem
Sanford's new police chief, Cecil Smith, spent a recent afternoon knocking on doors in one of the city's oldest black neighborhoods, carrying out his promise to improve relations between citizens and police after the Trayvon Martin shooting. But...
Tags: Sanford, Trayvon Martin, Government, Politics, Georgetown
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George Zimmerman trial protest restrictions too broad, ACLU says
SANFORD — The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday sent a letter to the chief judge for Seminole and Brevard counties, complaining about rules restricting what protesters at next week's George Zimmerman trial can and cannot do. The letter...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Trayvon Martin, Crime, Law and Justice, George Zimmerman, Justice System
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