ORLANDO, Fla. – A 19-year-old Orlando resident has pleaded guilty to possession of a machine gun. Jeremiah Cundiff entered the plea in federal court and now faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to…
ORLANDO, Fla. – The 17-year-old suspect in last week’s downtown Orlando Halloween shooting that left two people dead and eight others injured is being charged as an adult, authorities announced Monday. Jaylen Dwayne Edgar faces two counts of second-degree murder with a firearm and one…
An Orlando man has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for possessing an unregistered machine gun and 15 machine gun conversion devices. Marcelo Manuel Maysonet, 23, pleaded guilty to the charges on July 25th, 2024. Law enforcement officers discovered the illegal firearms during…
ORLANDO, Fla. –A convicted felon from Orlando has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm. Xavier Hernandez-Gerena, 35, pleaded guilty to the charge in August 2024. The case stemmed from a traffic stop in July 2022, during which law…
Five individuals from Orlando have been indicted on federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and tax fraud in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud construction contractors, workers, and the government. The defendants, Eduardo Anibal Escobar, Carlos Alberto Rodriguez, Adelmy Tejada, Rene Mauricio…
Mitchell Regan, 36, of Leesburg, has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with possession of child sexual abuse material. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed a search warrant at Regan’s…
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Corbblin Dixon, a 66-year-old from Orlando, is celebrating a major win after claiming a $1 million prize from the Florida Lottery’s “500X THE CASH” scratch-off game. Dixon chose to receive his winnings as a one-time lump-sum payment of $640,000. The winning…
The family of Jahxy Peets, a premature infant who tragically died at 165 days old, is demanding answers and accountability from Orlando Health. They allege that medical negligence at Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies led to the baby girl’s death. Jahxy was born…
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A head-on collision near Lake Wales Tuesday evening has left one man dead and two others with minor injuries. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the crash, which occurred around 6:38 PM Tuesday on State Road 60 at Story Road,…
ORLANDO, Fla. – A tip of the helmet is due to many people at USF and in Orlando for making it possible that the Bulls and Memphis could take the field this weekend in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton. What was scheduled to be a…