Authorities: Body of missing Florida college student found
Authorities say they have found the body of a missing Florida college student who disappeared a week ago. A maintenance worker who entered her apartment unauthorized the day she disappeared and later killed himself is the prime suspect. Orange County Sheriff John Mina said Saturday that authorities found Miya Marcano’s body in a wooded area near an apartment building.
news.yahoo.comPerson of Interest ‘Rebuffed’ by Missing Florida College Student Kills Himself
via Instagram/Orange County Sheriff's OfficeLocal authorities in Orlando, Florida, said Monday that a maintenance worker they had identified as a person of interest in the disappearance of 19-year-old Miya Marcano—who has been missing since Friday—was found dead in an apparent suicide.Orange County Sheriff John Mina said that Armando Manuel Caballero, 27, a maintenance employee where Miya Marcano lived and worked, had repeatedly expressed “romantic interest” in the Valencia College sophomore—and
news.yahoo.comCrackdown on Protesters Near Chauvin Vacation Spot Collapses
Photo by Minnesota Department of Corrections via Getty ImagesJust days before killer cop Derek Chauvin was to be sentenced to prison for murdering George Floyd, a proposed protest crackdown in the Florida community he once called a vacation home went up in smoke.After accusing the county mayor and sheriff of attempting to strongarm through an ordinance banning protests at peoples’ homes, commissioners in central Florida’s Orange County met late Tuesday to give actual residents a chance to commen
news.yahoo.comDrama Erupts Near Chauvin Vacation Spot in Florida
Police Handout via GettyConvicted murderer Derek Chauvin is nowhere in sight, and yet he’s still making chaos in a tiny town in Florida.The disgraced Minneapolis cop who murdered George Floyd on camera owns a vacation spot in the town of Windermere, Florida, population approximately 3,000. But even as he flails in last-ditch attempts to soften his sentence, this community has become consumed with drama over BLM protests, the First Amendment, and residents officials say are thirsty for quiet.On T
news.yahoo.comNearly half of deputies across Central Florida say they’d turn down COVID-19 vaccine
I kind of thought we probably would have been around 75%,” Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said. The sheriff’s office said there was a first round of vaccinations offered to first responders in Volusia county a few weeks ago. That’s 180 deputies out of the 420 deputies sworn in. Orange County Sheriff’s Office also sent the survey and just over 1,000 sworn in and civilian employees said they’d take it. Ad“I think you will see those numbers increase especially for officers over the age of 50,” Orange County Sheriff John Mina said.
From police chief to VP? Inside Val Demings' unlikely path
FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo, Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., gives her opening statement during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington. Demings is among the women Joe Biden is considering for his vice presidential running mate. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
From police chief to VP? Inside Val Demings' unlikely path
(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)ORLANDO, Fla. Val Demings has already been vice president. We created an environment of inclusion, Hartley said, recalling how she and Demings invited white students to join. In sixth grade, she was part of a group of black students bused to a predominantly white school 15 miles from home as part of desegregation. Being the first Blacks to integrate Loretta Elementary School wasnt always the best, most fun experience, Demings said. One lady called my district office and said, Well, why is she trying to dress like a white woman?" Demings said.