Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell will hold a news conference in Orlando to share her “quarterly updates,” according to a news release.

As a representative of the Florida Attorney General’s office met with Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell Tuesday.

The Philadelphia district attorney who became a campaign trail punching bag for Republicans amid rising crime in U.S. cities during the coronavirus pandemic is running for reelection on the back end of a withering effort to oust progressive district attorneys nationwide.

The Florida Attorney General’s Office will provide additional prosecutors to Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell’s office to help deal with thousands of backlogged non-arrest cases, according to Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier.

Citing a backlog of more than 13,000 non-arrest cases, State Attorney Monique Worrell implemented a new policy this month, limiting the types of non-arrest cases her office would accept from law enforcement.

Former State Attorney Andrew Bain will return to the Orange County Courthouse, this time as a judge.

Monique Worrell, the state attorney for Orange and Osceola counties, implemented a new policy this week that prohibits law enforcement agencies from forwarding certain criminal cases to her office that lack enough admissible evidence to justify an arrest.

Nearly two years after a wanted fugitive shot and wounded two Orlando police officers, video and documents recently obtained by News 6 reveal how the violent encounter unfolded.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says his office has tools including suspending officials from office to compel local governments to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in assisting in detentions and deportations.

Marcus Jordan is now facing a charge of ketamine possession, not cocaine possession, stemming from his arrest in a DUI case in Maitland earlier this month, according to new documents from the Orange-Osceola state attorney.

Slipping into their finest stilettos, dozens of men and women strutted down Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando Thursday night to send a message: they will walk side by side with survivors of domestic violence.

Monique Worrell says she will move forward with purpose and clarity after reclaiming her position as Orange-Osceola County state attorney.

After being suspended by Gov. DeSantis in 2023, former Orange-Osceola County State Attorney Monique Worrell will be reinstated after winning the seat again in November.

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Andrew Bain is not helping once and future chief prosecutor Monique Worrell transition to her new administration, but after a memo he sent to staff was made public, he now makes clear that she will take over the office on Jan. 7.

On Election Day, Monique Worrell found herself immersed in a familiar routine: greeting voters, waving signs, and driving to polling stations.

Monique Worrell beat incumbent Andrew Bain to retake her position as Ninth Circuit state attorney in the November election.

Three days after Monique Worrell won back her job at the ballot box, a federal judge rejected a lawsuit over Gov. Ron DeSantis’ controversial 2023 decision to suspend her as state attorney in Orange and Osceola counties.

After being suspended last year by Gov. Ron DeSantis on accusations of “neglect” and “incompetence,” former Ninth Circuit State Attorney Monique Worrell won her job back after defeating incumbent Andrew Bain.

With less than two weeks until election day, candidates are making a final push for votes across the state this weekend.

After being suspended last year by Gov. Ron DeSantis on accusations of “neglect” and “incompetence,” former Ninth Circuit State Attorney Monique Worrell is now fighting to take back her old position from incumbent Andrew Bain.

Current Ninth Judicial Court State Attorney Andrew Bain firmly denies that he is part of any scheme involving Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis regarding the race he’s in with the former state attorney that he replaced, Democrat Monique Worrell.

Seth Hyman, the Orlando attorney who won the August Republican primary in the Ninth Judicial Circuit state attorney race, is dropping out, which means the November election will solely be between current State Attorney Andrew Bain and suspended State Attorney Monique Worrell.

A grand jury has cleared six Orlando police officers of any criminal wrongdoing in the 2023 death of a man accused of several crimes, including shooting two other Orlando officers.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is trying to end a legal challenge to his controversial decision last year to suspend Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell.

A lawsuit accuses Orange-Osceola State Attorney Andrew Bain of violating the Family and Medical Leave Act by firing the office's chief of staff while she was on maternity leave.

The Florida Supreme Court Thursday upheld the suspension of Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell, ruling that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ suspension of Worrell was reasonable based on his allegations.

The race for state attorney of Orange and Osceola counties will feature a suspended state attorney, Gov. DeSantis’ appointee, and whoever wins the Republican primary for the seat in August.

During his State of the State address last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis commended himself for removing prosecutors from office, Andrew Warren in Hillsborough County and Monique Worrell in Orange and Osceola counties. Worrell is still waiting on the Supreme Court's ruling to see if her suspension by the governor will be overturned, all while kicking off a re-election campaign, this week.

Nine months after former Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell asked a judge for permission to test fingerprint evidence in a 1975 quadruple murder that landed Tommy Zeigler on Florida’s Death Row, Worrell’s successor as state attorney has withdrawn the request.

A lawyer for a suspended Florida prosecutor told the state Supreme Court that Gov. Ron DeSantis exceeded his authority when he removed a Democratic state attorney from her elected office.

The Florida Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in former Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell’s lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis over her ouster.

Former Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell said Wednesday that democracy in Florida is being boiled alive under Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Andrew Bain provided an update Monday on his first 100 days in office.

Gov. Ron DeSantis late Tuesday urged the Florida Supreme Court to reject a challenge to his suspension of Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell, saying the case “presents a political question.”

The Florida Sheriffs Association on Monday sought permission from the state Supreme Court to file a brief backing Gov. Ron DeSantis in a lawsuit about the suspension of Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell.

Current and former Democratic lawmakers and former Florida Supreme Court justices have signed onto legal briefs backing suspended Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell’s bid to get her job back.

A month into the job, the governor-appointed Ninth Circuit state attorney announced a policy change regarding use of force cases.

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Andrew Bain, who Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis installed in the ouster of Monique Worrell, holds a news conference to announce updates and policy changes.

Twenty-eight days ago, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he was removing State Attorney Monique Worrell and appointing Andrew Bain to take her place.

Monique Worrell, the Orange-Osceola state attorney who was suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis last month, is asking the Florida Supreme Court to declare DeSantis’ order invalid, calling the suspension an “arbitrary, unsubstantiated exercise of the suspension power.”

One day after Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Ninth Judicial Circuit State Attorney Monique Worrell, new leadership fired an employee who was out on maternity leave.

On Thursday, Monique Worrell spoke at a rally in her honor outside the Orlando City Hall.

Andrew Bain, the new Orange-Osceola state attorney appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in the wake of Monique Worrell’s suspension, met with the area’s three major law enforcement leaders Thursday as he worked to establish his administration of the Ninth Judicial Circuit.

State Attorney Monique Worrell is far from the first elected official that Governor Ron Desantis, and previous governors, have removed from office.

Orange County's top prosecutor is vowing to keep fighting and continue her bid for re-election.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the suspension of Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell on Wednesday, citing a myriad of crimes that he said happened under her leadership.

The shooting of two Orlando police officers was the most recent “major controversy” involving Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell that led to her suspension, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Wednesday the suspension and replacement of Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell. Here's who Andrew Bain is.

Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Ninth Circuit State Attorney Monique Worrell Wednesday, the culmination of months of back-and-forth between DeSantis and Worrell over her approach to the office of chief prosecutor.

Monique Worrell held a news conference Wednesday morning outside of the Orange County Courthouse to address Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ announcement of her suspension as Orange-Osceola State Attorney hours prior, saying it would not dissuade her from seeking re-election.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday morning announced the suspension of Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell, effective immediately.

A new report from the state is raising questions about the prosecution of juveniles accused of serious crimes in Orange and Osceola counties.

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell discussed the arrest of a man accused of attempted rape at an Orange County hotel and his decadeslong criminal history at a news briefing Thursday.

The 19-year-old man accused of killing three people and injuring two in a string of shootings last February in the Pine Hills area will face the death penalty when he goes to trial.

Law enforcement and public officials came together Monday for an all-day summit aimed at addressing gun violence across Central Florida.

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell announced that she will be hosting a full-day gun violence prevention summit on Monday.

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell issued a statement accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis of pursuing a “witch hunt” after receiving a request from a state committeewoman for information on two human trafficking cases.

The Orange County Citizens Safety Task Force is set to reconvene Friday to discuss the best ways to approach keeping the community safe.

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell is seeking to examine decades-old fingerprint evidence in the case of Tommy Zeigler, a Winter Garden man who’s been on Florida’s Death Row since a judge sentenced him for the 1975 quadruple murder of his wife, in-laws, and a customer inside his family’s furniture store.

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell spoke about drug trafficking Monday after Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez called out the state for its lack of prosecution of these cases last week.

A discussion about violence among teenagers took place Monday amid a recent spate of gun violence, a string of deadly shootings in Pine Hills and an onoing public feud between two of Orange County’s top criminal justice officials.

Following a shooting rampage that left three people dead in Pine Hills in February, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Orange County Sheriff John Mina and Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez have spoken out against Worrell.

Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez on Thursday provided an update on the number of drug overdoses and deaths within the community in 2022.

Witness gave disjointed testimony, couldn’t ID subject in photo lineup, state attorney says

Final goodbyes begin Friday for 9-year-old T’Yonna Major, the youngest victim of a deadly shooting spree last month in Pine Hills that took three lives and inflamed a war of words between the region’s state attorney and Florida’s governor.

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell announced Thursday that she answered Gov. Ron DeSantis’ investigation into her office with the documents he requested, but not without once again defending her office against claims by DeSantis and other officials that she called “political fearmongering.”

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell announced the charges being filed against the 19-year-old man accused of killing three people — a 38-year-old woman, a 9-year-old girl and a Spectrum News 13 reporter — and wounding two others in Pine Hills.

In an escalation of rhetoric between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell, the governor’s office on Tuesday demanded the criminal records of Keith Moses, the suspect in last week’s string of shootings in the Pine Hills area that resulted in three deaths.

Body camera video shows deputies in Orange County arresting Keith Melvin Moses after he’s accused of shooting five people, killing a TV reporter and a 9-year-old girl. The encounter with the sheriff’s office on Feb. 22 was far from his first run-in with law enforcement.

Last week, Monique Worrell, state attorney for Orange and Osceola counties, laid the blame on a juvenile justice system not designed to handle a juvenile like Moses, and called on state legislators to make changes.

A judge is demanding a list of all the evidence that needs to be tested for DNA in the case of an Orange County man accused of several murders nearly 50 years ago.

The office of Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on Monday voluntarily dismissed an appeal meant to block DNA testing for William “Tommy” Zeigler, a 77-year-old man convicted of killing four people in 1975.

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell announced Thursday her office was exploring “initiatives across the country” to help combat local and national attacks against law enforcement and gun violence.

A 69-year-old woman shot and killed an intruder Sunday afternoon during a home invasion in Orange County, according to the sheriff’s office.

Black Lives Matter Restoration Polk Inc. held a news briefing Tuesday afternoon on the deadly deputy shooting that occurred outside an Osceola Target last month.

“Operation Icarus" identified a group responsible for trafficking cocaine and thousands of fentanyl pills throughout Central Florida.

Monique Worrell, state attorney for Florida’s Ninth Judicial Circuit of Orange and Osceola counties, launched the circuit’s first-ever Adult Civil Citation Program on Friday.

The Orange-Osceola state attorney says the Great Resignation has hit her office. Monique Worrell says she is facing double-digit job vacancies from attorneys down to support staff.

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell is set to hold a news conference at her office in Orlando at 2:30 p.m. Friday.

The new unit Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell ushered in last year to address mental health in the criminal justice system is still going strong.

Mental illness in the criminal justice system is a long-standing problem, according to Orange-Osceola state attorney Monique Worrell.

The State Attorney's Office in Orange and Osceola Counties is announcing the formation of a narcotics unit to fight the opioid epidemic.

The Orange-Osceola State Attorney's Office has filed criminal charges against a former Orlando Police Officer "Officer of the Year," sources tell News 6.

The Orange Osceola State Attorney’s office announced Wednesday the creation of a new unit to investigate and prosecute traffic homicide cases.

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell plans to address the news media.

For the second time in recent weeks, a Florida prosecutor is granting DNA testing for a death row inmate who has maintained his innocence for more than four decades.

More than 45 years waiting for execution William “Tommy” Zeigler will be granted the DNA evidence his attorneys have sought for years that they say could clear his name.

The probe into an Osceola County school resource deputy who was caught on video slamming a Liberty High School student onto concrete was turned over to the State Attorney’s Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said.

Nearly four years after a deadly crash took the lives of two young women, their families are still demanding justice.

State Attorney Monique Worrell has now created an Officer Involved Critical Incident Policy.

The deputy-involved shooting spurred weeks of protests as community members demanded to see body camera video and for the officer to be fired.

Prosecutors with the State Attorney’s Office in the Ninth Judicial Circuit, covering Orange and Osceola counties, will independently investigate police officer or deputy-involved shootings in addition to the review conducted by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Deputies charged the caretaker with aggravated manslaughter, but News 6 isn’t naming the caretaker, because shortly after her arrest, charges were dropped. What [other] evidence do you need?”In court filings, prosecutors under then-State Attorney Aramis Ayala argued the caretaker was distracted. Ad“Listening to music and talking on the phone”, but they believed leaving Jace in the car was not intentional. “We have to be consistent when it comes to situations like this or you are going to have kids constantly left inside a vehicle,” Wallace said. AdNews 6 reviewed the statute for leaving a child unattended in a car.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell is changing her office’s policy on seeking incarceration for defendants in response to the COVID-19 outbreak at the Orange County jail. The policy comes after an outbreak of virus cases at the Orange County Jail where 83 inmates contracted the virus, according to Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings. The statement echos Dr. Raul Pino from the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, who referred to jails as a “petri dish” during a news conference last week. Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said the jail has about 2,600 inmates housed there. Ad“What we don’t want is people sitting in custody pre trial, because they cant afford to get out of jail,” Worrell said.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The new state attorney for Florida’s Ninth Judicial Circuit is getting to work by filing charges in several high-profile cases. New court filings show charges filed in two, unrelated cases involving an Orlando rapper and a former UCF football player. Unrelated to that case, Worrell has also filed a felony charge of carrying a concealed firearm without a permit against 22-year-old Antwan Collier. Collier was a defensive back for the UCF football team at the time of his arrest. In the days following the incident, UCF athletics announced Collier and three other athletes involved in the incident had been let go from the team.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Monique Worrell was sworn in as the new state attorney for Orange County and Osceola County. Monday night, the outgoing state attorney, Aramis Ayala, decided to drop the death penalty against four defendants in three high profile cases. It was one of the last moves Ayala made while still in office--filing notices that her office would not seek the death penalty against four defendants in three high profile cases, after initially seeking death. “I don’t want my term to be defined by what we do or don’t do with regard to the death penalty,” Worrell said. “That is a very small percentage of what a state attorney does,” she said.

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – The Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office won’t seek the death penalty against the man accused of murdering a married couple in Kissimmee more than two years ago, according to court records. Ayala was initially seeking the death penalty in all three cases. Ayala previously announced she would not seek the death penalty in any case. When she first announced plans to not seek the death penalty in 2019, then-Gov. This was Aramis’ first week, beginning her term with a discussion about death penalty.

Monique Worrell, who is Florida’s second Black state attorney, is preparing to take office in Orange and Osceola counties after winning the general election. [TRENDING: How to get vaccine in Florida | Will vaccine work on new strains? “I am the state attorney elect,” Worrell said. She’s actually already working in the 9th circuit State Attorney’s Office assisting in the Conviction Integrity Unit which she helped start. “I will have the benefit of a lot of advice for her on things that work well and things that don’t work well,” Worrell said.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Incoming Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell has notified five employees that they will not be retained when she takes office in January. Three assistant state attorneys and two investigators were notified by letter this week that they will be let go. I am excited to inherit a staff that is so committed to these goals,” Worrell wrote. We appreciate their service to this office, and wish them well in their future endeavors.”The local state attorney’s office has about 400 employees. Interviews will take place to replace the five employees who will be dismissed effective Jan. 5.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Democrat Monique Worrell has been declared the winner of the Orange-Osceola state attorney race. As of 11 p.m. Tuesday, she had 66% of the vote with 342 out of 348 precincts reporting. [LIVE RACE RESULTS: Scroll to bottom of story to see all race returns]RACE DETAILS BELOWAfter a heavily contested primary, voters had the choice of two candidates to replace Aramis Ayala as the state attorney for Orange and Osceola counties. He’s been endorsed by former Orange County sheriffs Kevin Beary and Lawson Lamar. Monique Worrell (D)Monique Worrell has earned endorsements from Ayala, Sen. Bernie Sanders and singer John Legend.