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Umatilla wisely decides to stop questioning juveniles without their parents
Sheila Thornton sat with her husband in the lobby of the Umatilla Police Department on April 10 while officers grilled their son, 13, in a room off the lobby behind a locked door. The Thorntons repeatedly asked to be with their son, but police blocked the...Tags: Prisons, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Assault
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Clermont should apologize to former chief after police get no complaints of corruption
Good morning, ladies and germs, and welcome to the second half of our show, "Clermont Corruption Month," starring the city's police officers as the bad guys. Apologies to Milton Berle for stealing his opening line. But if he were still living, the funny...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Milton Berle
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Fruitland Park needs more than just a change in managers
Second of two parts Fruitland Park City Manager Ralph Bowers offered his resignation — with conditions — last week as Lake County sheriff's detectives opened an investigation into whether he committed some kind of sex crime against an...
Tags: Public Officials, Elections, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes
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Scrub-jay survey at preserve east of Eustis too little, too late
Strap yourself in, dear reader.
Tidbits of additional information about recent column topics have been trickling this way, and it's time to catch up on them.
First, a recent column criticized Lake County for spending about $8,000 to pave a parking lot...Tags: Road Transportation, Science and Technology, Clermont, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Natural Resources
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Name of Lake deputy killed in 1919 to be added to fallen-officer memorial
Officially add another fallen officer to the memorial honoring those killed in the line of duty.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office will be engraving the name of Chief Deputy B.C. Wilcox on the granite memorial in Tavares.
Wilcox's death came on July 4,...Tags: Rentals, Suicide, Crime, Law and Justice, Lake County (Ohio), Crimes
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Ditch raises for highest paid school employees
What is it going to take for elected officials in this county to connect with the real world and pay attention to demands from those who live here? Must they go on a sit-down hunger strike in front of Barnhill's Buffet? Chain themselves together along U....Tags: Lady Lake, Career and Workplace, Clermont, Wages and Pensions, Employees
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Gurnee traffic stop reveals drugs, weapon, missing person
TribLocal - Gurnee » NewsA missing person, a loaded handgun and crack cocaine were discovered Saturday night when Lake County sheriff's deputies made a traffic stop in north suburban …... -
Lake County loses a top sheriff's officer
One of the Lake County's highest-ranking police officers has left the sheriff's department amid controversy over his authority. Exactly how Wayne Hunter's employment with the Lake County Sheriff's Office ended is the source of disagreement between...
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Four arrested at Tavares meth lab
Tavares police made four arrests at a methamphetamine lab on East Kentucky Avenue today. A patrol officer suspected a meth lab was in operation at a home at 225 E. Kentucky Ave., city officials said. Police obtained a search warrant and raided the...
Tags: Police Arrests, Public Officials, Government, Methamphetamine (drug), Politics
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Six arrested during bust of meth lab near Umatilla
The Lake County Sheriff's Office arrested six people during a bust of a methamphetamine lab last night in the Dona Vista neighborhood south of Umatilla. The sheriff's narcotics unit had a tip that Rodney Worthey, a 38-year-old Umatilla man wanted on a...
Tags: Police Arrests, Methamphetamine (drug), Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Drug Trafficking
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Groveland woman accused of making false report of rape and abduction
A Groveland woman faces felony charges for alleged filing a false claim she was abducted and raped, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said. Amelia Delacruz, 38, was booked on charges of filing a false report to law enforcement and making false official...
Tags: Kidnapping
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Teen killed in crash fleeing NW Indiana police
HOBART, Ind. (AP) — Police in northwestern Indiana say an 18-year-old man died in a crash while he was fleeing from an officer. Lake County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Patti Van Til says a Hobart police officer had tried to stop Christopher...Tags: Accidental Death
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