ORANGE AND OSCEOLA HAS PROMISED TO SUSPEND SOME PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAMS, WHICH HELPS FIRST TIME OFFENDERS AVOID CONVICTIONS AND CRIMINAL RECORDS. BUT WESH 2 NEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER GREG BOX ...

VIOLENT CRIMES. STATE ATTORNEY ANDREW BAIN HAS MADE IT CLEAR HE WANTS MOST PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAMS GONE, AT LEAST FOR NOW. THOSE PROGRAMS TARGET TIME AND NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS, WESTERNERS. LUANA ...

A group of homeless individuals uses the shade of a couple of palm trees on North Paramore Ave. in Downtown Orlando, Florida. Amid fears that a new state law criminalizes those who sleep outside, ...

Michael Morrison stands in the game room of The Spare Time Bowling venue where he works in Trussville, Alabama on Thursday February 29, 2024. Michael is a graduate of a local diversion program ...

A Jupiter contractor could avoid prosecution after allegedly pocketing thousands of dollars and not completing a job.On Oct. 17, Michael S. Fenton agreed to enter a pretrial intervention program with ...

(The Center Square) – A recent report by the Florida Legislature's research arm found that taxpayers pay $47 million for pretrial diversion programs that serve 69,000 offenders. These programs ...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The school district where the Florida high school massacre happened defended its controversial student diversion program Thursday, telling a commission investigating the shooting ...

In his first morning as state attorney, Andrew Bain made immediate and sweeping changes: He fired two executive staff members and discontinued the office’s diversion programs while he “evaluate[s] ...

We have experienced first-hand one of the ugliest sides of the housing crisis in Broward County. My name is Anna Henry, and I was homeless for 90 days and nights — even though I was employed. I am ...

Video above: Developers unveil new Boca Raton government campus plan ahead of January voteA South Florida man accused of sending antisemitic text messages entered a pre-trial diversion ...

Michael Holder grew up in south Oklahoma City drinking and doing drugs. By age 40, he'd been stabbed, arrested and even shot in the neck with a 9 mm pistol. The bullet missed his spine by 2 ...