Christmas is joyful, especially the music, but some musicians should never, ever be allowed to belt out a holiday tune and ‘m not just talking about barking dogs. There’s Marilyn Manson, for example, Ozzy Osbourne, or any band that sounds like an explosion in the boiler room accompanied by screaming. Some of the stuff that’s…
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Juvenile arrested for possessing especially disturbing child porn
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – Police in Tavares have arrested a 16-year-old and charged him with possessing 25 disturbing child pornography images, including bestiality. It’s becoming an ugly trend among juveniles. “Juveniles know how to go to the dark web,” said Detective Courtney Sullivan. Police received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited…
Life sentence for life altered forever
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – Prosecutors with the State Attorney’s Office recently scored a conviction and life sentence in one of the most despicable crimes that plague society today. Miguel M. Ortiz, 56, was convicted of lewd and lascivious molestation of a child younger than 12 and showing the victim obscene material. It is not clear…
Buying one pencil could destroy the world
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – The line was backed up at Walgreen’s. An elderly man wanted to buy one pencil, not the package of six or eight that they come in. “I only need one,” he politely explained. The manager said no, and he went on his merry way. It reminded me of the movie “Father…
Double homicide haunts detectives, $10K reward offered
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – The four-year anniversary of the unsolved murder of two beloved shopkeepers in Mount Dora is gnawing at detectives who are offering a $10,000 reward for information. Minh “Tina” Nguyen, 47, and Khiem “Ken” Ba Trinh, 56, fled from Vietnam to pursue the American dream only to end up being crime victims…
Wife sentenced to life in murder, back yard burial case
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – Laurie Shaver, convicted of killing her husband and accused of burying him in the back yard, was sentenced to life in prison without parole Tuesday. “She was quite possibly the most manipulative person charged with murder…” Assistant State Attorney Nick Camuccio told Circuit Judge Cary Rada, while asking for the maximum…
Grandparents seek custody of girl who says she shot her dad
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – The parents of a man who was murdered and allegedly buried in the back yard by his wife are seeking custody of their two grandchildren, including the eldest who testified that she is the one who shot her dad. Douglas and Sharon Shaver are seeking custody because the children’s mother, Laurie…
Jury: Man not guilty of hitting woman with ax, raping her
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – A man charged with raping a woman and hitting her with an ax is not guilty, a jury decided Wednesday. Michael A. McCray, 31, of Clermont was arrested in 2018 on numerous charges, including not allowing her to leave her home and not allowing her to call 911. The woman told…
“You’re not getting my phone”
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. — Sometimes you just have to say no, even at gunpoint, even if it would help catch the bad guy. That’s what happened when a woman was about to get into her car and leave the Viva liquor store in Mount Dora at 5:40 p.m. Saturday when a man wearing all black…
New defense secretary can learn lessons from Vietnam
The new U.S. secretary of defense should know about all minefields, including the political kind that lurk within the bowels of the Pentagon and Washington itself. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick is Pete Hegseth, a combat vet and Fox News broadcaster. He should read Robert McNamara’s book, “In Retrospect, The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam.” He…