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Florida Teacher Accused of Grooming 13-Year-Old Student While Forming Relationship With Her Mother

Discover the shocking case of a former Florida teacher charged with custodial sexual battery and grooming, exploiting a relationship with a student's mother to access her 13-year-old daughter.

International Business Times UK

Heritage Insurance Approved: 9.6% Premium Drop for Seminole County Homeowners

If you’re a Florida homeowner, you know the drill: every year you brace yourself for another insurance renewal, another rate hike, another moment of staring at your bill and wondering if your house is secretly made of gold. So when a rate decrease shows up in the news, it feels…

The Free Financial Advisor

Florida used black paint to cover its colorful crosswalks. It cost one county $31,000 and is already fading away

Black paint was applied to colorful crosswalks across Florida over the summer to meet state rules requiring crosswalk updates to avoid losing state funding

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Brickbat: Sins of the Father

Sheriff's deputies in Seminole County, Florida, forced their way into the apartment of Victor Gordillo Jr. after a mix-up with… The post Brickbat: Sins of the Father appeared first on Reason.com.

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'Take shelter!': Tornado strikes Florida's Seminole County, destroying homes and interrupting live TV broadcast

A tornado hit central Florida on Monday, destroying two homes, uprooting trees and disrupting a FOX TV show as it was tracking the storm live on air.

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Florida man set to be executed for murder of woman, granddaughter in 1993

A Florida man convicted of murdering a woman and raping and killing her 8-year-old-granddaughter in Seminole County in 1993 is set to be executed next month

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Florida Fire Department Responds To Odor At Library Polling Location

Seminole County Fire Department responds to hazmat call at library serving as early voting location. No hazardous materials found, one worker hospitalized ...

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Brickbat: Late for Work

Orlando, Florida, police officer Alexander Shaouni has been charged with resisting an officer, reckless driving and fleeing and eluding a law enforcement officer. A Seminole County sheriff's office deputy clocked Shaouni doing 82 mph in a 45 mph zone while driving a marked patrol car without his lights or siren…

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Ex-lobbyist Dorworth sues Joel Greenberg, family, citing ‘massive effort’ to ruin his reputation

ORLANDO, Fla. — Developer and former lobbyist Chris Dorworth claims in a lawsuit he filed Friday that disgraced Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg, along with his wealthy family and ex-wife, coordinated “a massive effort” to ruin his life after he refused to work with U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz in…

Orlando Sentinel

A principal may be out at a top Florida charter school. Some blame it on a tiara

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US Rep. Matt Gaetz won’t face charges from Greenberg-related probe

ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Department of Justice has decided against pursuing sex-trafficking charges against U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, his lawyers said Wednesday, following a lengthy investigation that emerged from the criminal case against former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg.

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1 woman killed, multiple injured after shooting in Sanford, Sheriff’s Office says

ORLANDO, Fla. — Seminole County Sheriff Deputies are searching for information involving a shooting that left multiple people injured and killed a woman early Monday morning.

Orlando Sentinel

Joel Greenberg sentenced to 11 years in prison for sex trafficking, other crimes

ORLANDO, Fla. — Joel Greenberg — who as Seminole County’s tax collector trafficked a teenager, stalked a political rival, stole identities and spent taxpayer funds on paid sex and cryptocurrency, among other misdeeds — was sentenced to 11 years in prison Thursday, bringing to a close one of the most…

Orlando Sentinel

Joel Greenberg sentenced to 11 years in prison for sex trafficking, other crimes

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Attorney for former Florida tax official Joel Greenberg urges light prison sentence, blasts DOJ for not charging others

ORLANDO, Fla. — In urging a judge for a light prison sentence for Joel Greenberg, his attorney Fritz Scheller blasted the U.S. Department of Justice for not criminally charging other individuals, despite the evidence and collaboration provided to prosecutors by the disgraced Seminole County tax collector.

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Joel Greenberg associate pleads guilty in fraud case days after co-defendant’s death

ORLANDO, Fla. — Keith Ingersoll, an associate of former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal fraud charges, admitting he took part in a multistate real estate scheme that scammed an investor for millions of dollars.

Orlando Sentinel

Former Joel Greenberg associate to plead guilty of defrauding investor of nearly $13M

ORLANDO, Fla. — Keith Ingersoll, a former associate of disgraced Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg, has agreed to plead guilty in federal court of charges that he took part in a real estate scheme that defrauded an investor of millions of dollars, according to court documents.

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‘We’re Still Taking Water In’: Some Homes Inundated 2 Weeks After Ian

Families in the central part of the state are still waiting for the floodwaters to recede.

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All candidates for Seminole County School Board District 5 in Florida complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Seminole County School Board District 5 — Dana Fernandez and Autumn Garick — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

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US Rep. Matt Gaetz unlikely to face charges in sex-trafficking probe, report says

ORLANDO, Fla. — Citing concerns about the credibility of key witnesses against him — including Seminole County’s former tax collector, Joel Greenberg — career Justice Department prosecutors have recommended against charging U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz with sex trafficking, according to a report.

Orlando Sentinel

Greenberg alleged far-reaching public corruption in Florida jailhouse interview

ORLANDO, Fla. — Former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg alleged far-reaching public corruption, including granting no-work contracts on the public dime, when he spoke with investigators probing the “ghost” candidate scheme that helped Republican state Sen. Jason Brodeur win office in 2020.

Orlando Sentinel

Jury finds Seminole County Republican chair guilty in Florida ‘ghost’ candidate case

ORLANDO, Fla. — A jury of six people found Seminole County GOP Chairman Ben Paris guilty Thursday of causing his cousin’s name to be falsely listed on independent “ghost” candidate Jestine Iannotti’s campaign contribution forms in 2020.

Orlando Sentinel

Ex-county tax collector Joel Greenberg named as witness in Florida ‘ghost’ candidate case

ORLANDO, Fla. — Former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg has been named as a witness in the state’s case against an independent “ghost” candidate who ran for a competitive state Senate seat in 2020 and the Seminole County GOP chairman who aided her candidacy.

Orlando Sentinel

Former Florida tax official Joel Greenberg set for December sentencing in federal sex trafficking case

ORLANDO, Fla. — Joel Greenberg — Seminole County’s former tax collector who pleaded guilty to sex trafficking and other federal crimes more than a year ago — is scheduled for a sentencing hearing on Dec. 1, according to federal judge’s order signed Friday.

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‘Ghost’ candidate Jestine Iannotti booked into Seminole jail, bonds out

ORLANDO, Fla. — Jestine Iannotti, the former Seminole County substitute teacher whose independent 2020 bid for Florida Senate District 9 was central to the statewide “ghost” candidate scandal, was booked into the Seminole County Jail on Wednesday morning.

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