Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Monday he asked Congress to open an impeachment inquiry into a circuit judge, citing her past work for the Southern Poverty Law Center and fraud allegations.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced on Wednesday afternoon that his office will be launching an investigation into Anthony Fauci, a former chief medical adviser during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Casselberry man convicted of sexually battering an 11-year-old girl and recording the abuse has now been sentenced to life in prison, according to the State Attorney’s Office this week.
Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback will remain on the Aug. 18 primary ballot after a Leon Circuit Court judge ruled Monday his opponent, Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, didn’t prove he lived outside the state within the last seven years.
The family of a 20-year-old man fatally shot by Osceola County sheriff’s deputies outside a Target in 2022 has reached a $1 million settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit, with the family’s attorney saying he hopes the agreement will promote accountability within the sheriff’s office.
A Central Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after murdering and trying to rape his girlfriend’s 93-year-old mother, according to the State Attorney’s Office.
In a news conference Wednesday, Worrell highlighted significant gains in conviction rates and continued progress on juvenile justice reform.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has issued another scathing letter to Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell, this time accusing her office of “leniency toward murderers and pedophiles.” Worrell accused Uthmeier of being 'more interested in scoring political points' in a response to News 6.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier took to social media on Monday to announce a new target: an upcoming Irish dance competition in Orlando.
No one hires a lawyer over a $10 overcharge, a $25 junk fee, or a hidden charge buried in the fine print. But what happens when that same charge affects 100,000 people? Or 10 million? Now that’s a different story.
An Apopka man accused of running a massive cryptocurrency investment fraud through Goliath Ventures has agreed to plead guilty, according to court records obtained by News 6 on Tuesday.
Months after 18-year-old Anna Kepner was found dead on the Carnival Horizon, her stepbrother will be held in a Miami detention facility ahead of his trial, according to court records obtained by News 6.
Two former local elected officials and a nonprofit group filed suit Thursday in Leon County Circuit Court against the property tax cut amendment placed on the November ballot by lawmakers, alleging it is misleading.
The family of a Florida man claims he was paralyzed after being tasered by police and falling from a fence announced Tuesday that they plan to file a federal civil rights and wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Palm Bay and several police officers.
Two hundred miles away from where 16-year-old Tim Hudson walked into a federal courthouse, his 18-year-old stepsister, Anna Kepner, would have graduated this month.
Court records obtained by News 6 show that a circuit judge was caught having a sexual affair with a law enforcement officer in the judge's chambers — all within earshot of staff.
The candidate made headlines earlier this year for yelling a racial slur at a 7-Eleven employee in a viral video, though prosecutors have decided not to file charges against him in a separate case that cropped up recently.
A new suspect, Alisa Lee Montalvo of Deltona, has been arrested and jailed without bond in connection with the October Interstate 4 crash near Deltona that killed three people after prosecutors filed no charges against the previously arrested driver.
A driver will not be charged after a crash along Interstate 4 left three people dead late last year, according to court records obtained by News 6.
A Virginia man will be barred from using social media after he threated a Central Florida sheriff via Facebook, according to the State Attorney’s Office.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier spoke out on Tuesday over a year after a murder convict was sentenced to just four years in prison.
The fight over who owns the life-saving life rings Emergency life rings removed from Cocoa Beach amid ownership lawsuit on Cocoa Beach headed to a courtroom Friday.
A woman raped in her apartment as she was in the middle of moving out because she didn’t feel safe is now suing the Merritt Island apartment complex.
A lack of space in state-run mental health facilities and growing waitlists point to a system balancing legal standards, medical opinions, and limited resources—often under intense pressure.
A man arrested for killing his ex’s new boyfriend will now spend the rest of his life behind bars, according to the State Attorney’s Office.
An Ocala man has now been convicted after he raped a child last year, according to the State Attorney’s Office on Monday.
A lawsuit filed last year shows a Florida woman was overcharged on several sale items at Publix. But a recent court order dismissed the case in part over the "Publix Promise."
A developer was asking lake County commissioners to approve plans to build 79 homes on a 40-acre parcel along Log House Road. The request was voted down.
This week, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier took to social media to announce a list of state laws that he claimed are "likely unconstitutional."
A Brevard County jury awarded over $14 million to a woman who ate ice cream contaminated with metal, according to law firm Alpizar Law.
A fertility clinic in Longwood is again facing legal action after a surrogate mother reported that her baby suffered “genetic anomalies,” leading to his death, according to court records obtained by News 6.
After slipping nearly three years ago in a Publix store, a Central Florida woman has now won just under $4 million in a lawsuit against the company, according to court records obtained by News 6.
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year, Florida's attorney general announced that his office will no longer enforce over 80 state laws.
Court records show that ICE officials are preparing to facilitate the return of two girls who were mistakenly deported with their mother from Orlando under a "family unity" policy.
Westgate Lakes Resort & Spa is now under fire after a baby stumbled across a spoon possibly laced with fentanyl, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday.
Officials with Morgan & Morgan explained that the man had fallen down a flight of around 20 stairs back in 2017, which left him partially quadriplegic.
The Orange County School Board is now under fire after an autistic student was bitten by a staff member last year, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday.
Two people arrested for chalking a crosswalk outside the Pulse nightclub say they are still waiting for a charging decision months after their arrests, raising concerns about delays in the prosecution process.
The legendary “Versailles” home is the subject of a new lawsuit that popped up in Orange County on Tuesday morning, according to court records obtained by News 6.
The death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner on a Carnival Cruise ship last fall has sparked a new child custody fight involving the Titusville teen’s stepsiblings, newly filed court records show.
U.S. Congressman Randy Fine (R-Florida) is now being sued after he blocked a Republican candidate on social media, according to court records obtained by News 6.
A judge has denied a man’s claim of self-defense under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law after prosecutors say he slashed an off-duty Orange County sheriff’s deputy during a road rage confrontation in St. Cloud.
After a woman took a Central Florida dairy farm to court last year due to losing her baby, the case has now been dismissed, according to new court records obtained by News 6.
A husband and wife who practice real estate in Central Florida were reunited Thursday for the first time since they were detained by federal immigration agents in early January.
Over two months after the body of 18-year-old Anna Kepner was found stuffed under a bed on a Carnival cruise ship, her stepbrother has reportedly found himself in court.
Nearly three months after a Titusville teen was found dead on a cruise ship, records obtained by News 6 indicate the case remains under investigation.
Two women who owned dogs that Volusia deputies say killed an 8-year-old boy in DeLand had a hearing today as they prepare for trial.
Three days after Shaniqua “Shan” Rose defeated Regina Hill for the District 5 Orlando city commission seat in November, Rose visited Orlando Police Department headquarters and filed a report accusing her challenger of harassment, records obtained by News 6 show.
A 92-year-old woman was killed after a crash with an Orlando police cruiser earlier this month, according to local attorney Ben Crump.
On Friday, a judge threw out a lawsuit by former Orlando Commissioner Regina Hill, seeking to throw out last November’s election results.
After Florida's attorney general said he would no longer enforce race-based laws, several Black Democratic legislators have announced a news conference in response.
After giving birth last month, a Florida mother is now suing a Longwood clinic after it turned out the baby wasn’t hers, according to court records obtained by News 6.
An Orlando man faces over 500 years in prison after he was accused of "flooding" the state of New York with firearms.
Attorneys for Byrd pointed to issues such as trying to prevent petition fraud as they defended the directives, which invalidated about 42,000 petitions signed by what are known as “inactive” voters and nearly 29,000 petitions collected by out-of-state petition gatherers.
A Disney Springs restaurant is being sued after a choking customer died earlier this year, according to court records obtained by News 6.
An Ocala man is suing Outback Steakhouse after a trip to a restaurant’s bathroom took an unfortunate turn, according to court documents obtained by News 6.
Over 100 pages of texts and emails were released last week as part of an ongoing child custody dispute linked to the mysterious death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner aboard a Carnival Cruise ship.
After being labeled a “foreign terrorist organization,” the Council on American-Islamic Relations on Monday filed a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
On Tuesday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that his office filed a lawsuit over what he dubbed “mutilating children.”
After a ruling last week allowed Florida to begin enforcing a 2024 law designed to prevent children from having access to certain social-media sites, tech industry groups Wednesday asked a federal appeals court to quickly hear arguments about whether the law violates First Amendment rights.
A Florida House committee is meeting on Thursday as state lawmakers inch their way toward a possible mid-decade congressional redistricting.
A judge in Orange County ordered that two men be released from jail on their own recognizance, about 24 hours after they were arrested for using chalk to cover the crosswalk outside the site of the former Pulse Nightclub.
Attorney General James Uthmeier is asking an administrative law judge to toss out a challenge to an emergency rule banning the sale and manufacture of a concentrated byproduct of kratom, known as 7-OH.
Over a week after an 18-year-old Titusville student was found dead aboard a Carnival cruise ship, new court documents show that one of her step-siblings may be investigated.
The lawsuit says that the teen had been strip-searched several times last year, as well as a myriad of other accusations levied against school officials.
Florida's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, accusing the group of deceptively marketing abortion drugs for profit.
A guest at SeaWorld Orlando is now suing the theme park after she was struck by a duck on a roller coaster earlier this year, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday morning.
A federal judge has cleared the way for transgender Florida prison inmates to pursue a class-action lawsuit alleging they were improperly denied accommodations as part of treating gender dysphoria.
Siding with a 19-year-old man who was spotted with a gun in his waistband, a Broward County circuit judge Friday ruled that a state law barring people under age 21 from carrying concealed weapons violates Second Amendment rights.
We’re now hearing the emergency call to Orange County Fire Rescue after part of Flyer’s Wings and Grill in Pine Hills collapsed on Dajah Stover and her 2-year-old daughter earlier this month.
A judge on Tuesday dismissed testimony from a new witness who said he falsely identified inmate Michael Rigby in a 2008 attempted robbery, leaving Rigby’s conviction in place despite the witness’s recantation.
On Tuesday, a restraining order was approved against Central Florida Congressman Cory Mills, who was accused earlier this year of threatening his former girlfriend.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and two deputies are now under fire as part of a lawsuit filed over a child rape case that happened nearly a decade ago, according to court records filed on Friday.
Five years after 21-year-old Salaythis Melvin was shot and killed by an Orange County deputy outside the Florida Mall, his family has reached a $1 million settlement with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
The man arrested for murdering two women in Orange County last year has now been sentenced to life in prison without parole, according to the sheriff’s office.
A former FWC employee fired over a social media post involving the Charlie Kirk assassination earlier this month is now suing the agency, according to court records filed on Tuesday.
This week, a legal group announced that it sent a demand letter to Orange County Public Schools over a “Witchy Wednesday” video series at a local high school.
A lawsuit is challenging whether Apopka City Council member Nadia Anderson lived within city limits when she ran for office.
Another health insurer is accusing a large health care company in The Villages of falsely adding thousands of diagnostic codes to patient files, in a new objection to the company’s bankruptcy plan.
A federal judge who presided over former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg’s criminal case is considering whether to unseal documents related to Greenberg’s cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice.
Edward Zakrzewski was executed Thursday evening for the 1994 murders of his wife and two children in their Okaloosa County home, as Florida set a modern-era record for executions in a year.
