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Deputies shoot domestic violence suspect

Posted on July 9, 2025 by frank

LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – Sheriff’s deputies shot and wounded a domestic violence suspect Tuesday night when the man aimed a rifle equipped with a laser sight at them, the Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. The man’s wife called for deputies to come to her home at 8:10 p.m. at 31801 Division St., near DeLand. The man,…

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Police make arrest in deadly shooting

Posted on June 28, 2025 by frank

  LEESBURG, FLA. – Police have made an arrest in the Friday evening shooting death of a 20-year-old man. Police were called to the 1000 block of Tuskegee Street at 7 p.m. Officers and EMS responders rendered aid and took him to UF Health hospital but the man died. Investigators have not released his name,…

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Man sentenced to life for human trafficking of child

Posted on May 30, 2025 by frank

  LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – A judge Wednesday sentenced a man to life in prison for human trafficking of a child under the age of 18. Circuit Judge Cary Rada also sentenced Jose Gomez to 25 years in prison on three charges of lewd and lascivious charges of a child. Eustis police arrested the 30-year-old…

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Man sentenced to life in prison for fentanyl death

Posted on May 16, 2025 by frank

LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – A circuit judge Friday sentenced a 27-year-old man to life in prison without the possibility of parole for distributing fentanyl that killed a man. Kevin R. Richardson, 27, was sentenced by Circuit Judge James Baxley for the July 17, 2021, death of 28-year-old Pavel Jesus Mata. Sheriff’s deputies found Mata unconscious…

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Hit-and-run driver kills motorcyclist

Posted on May 11, 2025 by frank

    Lake COUNTY, FLA. – Highway Patrol investigators are searching for the hit-and-run driver who left the scene of a fatal motorcycle accident. The accident in Minneola occurred at 10:44 p.m. Saturday, according to the FHP. The driver of a 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe was traveling south on U.S. 27 approaching Citrus Grove Road in…

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Medical Examiner: Woman died of gunshot wound

Posted on May 7, 2025 by frank

LAKE COUNTY – The Medical Examiner’s Office is classifying the discovery of a woman’s body in the Mount Dora area as a homicide. Monica Islam’s body was found Monday near Scenic Hills Drive and Wolf Branch Road. She had been reported missing from the Eustis area shortly after her body was found, according to the…

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Video shows moment deputy shoots suspect

Posted on April 22, 2025 by frank

  LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – Body cam video of an April 12 deputy-involved shooting shows a screaming man refusing commands to raise his hands while rushing toward a home before being shot. The video, released Tuesday by the Sheriff’s Office, depicts the final moments of Eric Escobar’s life, as he was apparently insane or out…

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Deputy kills man causing disturbance

Posted on April 12, 2025 by frank

LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – A Lake County deputy shot and killed a man in Clermont early Saturday, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were called to the Via Roma Circle area at 12:16 a.m. about a suspicious person. “The individual was reported to have been standing in the roadway yelling at passing vehicles before approaching…

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Police investigating shooting that injured two

Posted on April 8, 2025 by frank

  LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – Leesburg police are investigating a shooting Saturday that injured two people, one critically. Police were called to the 2300 block of Sennett drive at 5 p.m., where they found one person critically injured in the driver’s seat and a passenger who was also injured. Police have not identified the victims,…

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Couple convicted of sex crimes against children

Posted on March 27, 2025 by frank

LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – The State Attorney’s Office this week scored a victory over a couple charged with numerous sex crimes against two children. Richard Hutcheson, 38, was convicted and sentenced to three life terms without the possibility of parole, and his 41-year-old wife, Brittany, to five years’ probation for each of  three felony charges….

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