Orlando-Central Florida Crime news (Port St. Lucie, Daytona Beach: rental car, foreclosure, rental)

[bmurphy]

I'm not denying that there's crime, but you could dig up pictures of crime ANYWHERE. The news is 90% crime after all.

[Nirvana-Guy]

Originally Posted by Dalt10

I don't want anything. Every time somebody says something about any crime here they act like there isn't any. That's the point. If you had any brains you would know. You are the prize big boy.

People are oblivious about the rising crime problem in Orlando. The saying goes like this: 'Ignorance is Bliss' and people must figure that by ignoring crime or thinking it is not a problem or playing it down will make them immunte to it.

You are right. We, the regular people, are the target, the prey, if you will. The person with $20 in our wallets for the guy to buy rock.

Crime is NOT localized to some areas anyway. It is widespeard throughout the Orlando metro area these days.

[Nirvana-Guy]

Illegal Immigrant Faces Charges In Deadly Hit And Run
Sunday, April 01, 2007 5:30:41 PM

An illegal immigrant faces DUI manslaughter charges after troopers say he fled the scene of a deadly crash.

Investigators say it all began Sunday along Orange Blossom Trail at Redman Street when 24-year-old Urgana DeNova turned into the path of two other cars.

The driver of one of those cars, 21-year-old Leoner Perez, died at the scene.

Troopers say DeNova treid to get away with a friend in another truck, but both were eventually found and arrested.

They say DeNova was still legally drunk six hours following the crash.

cfnews13.com/News/Local/2007/4/1/deadly_hit_and_run.html

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Police: 28 Men Arrested In Central Florida Online Child-Sex Sting
WKMG TV Employee, Apparent Disney Workers Arrested, Police Say

POSTED: 5:57 am EDT April 2, 2007
UPDATED: 6:30 am EDT April 2, 2007

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Polk County Sheriff's Office arrested and charged 28 men with soliciting sex from a minor after a weeklong undercover sting.

Three of the men arrested in the sting told authorities they were Disney employees: Julio Segundo, 21, of Orlando; Richard Gaugh, 55, of Ormond Beach; and Thierry Ferron, 43, of Winter Garden. All three have been charged with soliciting a minor via the Internet and attempted lewd battery.



local6.com/news/11488553/detail.html

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Convicted Killer Found With Meth
Saturday, March 31, 2007 4:37:41 PM

A convicted killer wanted for a probation violation faces charges in Brevard County after he was stopped in what State Troopers call a meth lab on wheels.

Trooper say they stopped 45-year-old Charles McComas on I-95 because of a faulty license tag light and found his camper full of marijuana and meth making chemicals.

myfoxorlando.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=2793577&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1

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Orlando Guardian Angels Graduate
Monday, April 02, 2007 8:18:10 AM

After three months of intense training, 12 men and women were sworn in as Guardian Angels Safety Patrol Members Sunday. These volunteers will now be out seven days a week, walking the streets of Orlando to help reduce crime.

"We don't see drug dealers hanging out on corners, like we did when we first went in there,” Guardian Angels new graduate “Sparky” said. “When people see us come in there, they kind of disperse. And that's part of the goal, to get them to disperse from what they're doing, and we definitely see a big change over there."

The mother of an Orlando murder victim was named director of the Guardian Angel's Victim Support Group at a ceremony Saturday. Patricia Small's son, Noel Heimburg, was killed during a robbery attempt in February 2006. His murder is still unsolved.

cfnews13.com/News/Local/2007/4/1/mom_guardian_angel.html

[Nirvana-Guy]

Man Accused Of Robbing Homes Captured After Local 6 News Report
'Catch A Criminal' Franchise Airs Mondays On Local 6 News

POSTED: 5:02 pm EDT March 21, 2007
UPDATED: 5:12 pm EDT March 26, 2007

Investigators said Daniel Soto stole Christmas presents from a home in the Oak Hollow subdivision in Kissimmee, Fla., last year. Soto was arrested in the case but bonded out of jail and had remained missing.

Police told Local 6's Donald Forbes that Soto may have also broken into homes near Michigan and Carroll streets in the area around the Oak Hallow subdivision.

http://www.local6.com/problemsolvers...4/detail.html#




Are you noticing some similarities about where the suspects/criminals live and other common denominators among them?

[backtofla]

i'm not going to say it, but i certainly notice a common theme to these dirtbags. i think we all can, and, well, it just sucks. it'd be nice to get rid of 'em (the bad ones that is).

[Nirvana-Guy]

Me too!

Orlando is such a cute, nice city. I hate that scum buckets are ruining it for everyone.

But yeah, there is a common element to the criminals here. It is up to each individual to figure out what it is.

[mickey mouse is dead]

I will say it....they are all Hispanics. I am Hispanic myself, and is really embarrassing when I see the Sotos, Rodriguez, Fernandez, etc. on the news for crime related news. I am against any kind of racism and bigotry, but what can one do if sometimes we (by we, I mean Hispanics and any kind of minorities) ask for it. I really really hate when I see somebody embarking on bad behavior while wearing clothes with their country flag. I get so upset and embarrass. I know my culture is loud, but I believe in the say, "when in Rome, do as Romans do" (and this is not about assimilation). That's why in the near future if I stay in this country I am going to move to a place with a low Hispanic demographic, if not, I go back to my island where nobody wears the flag like a freakin' gang symbol.

[Nirvana-Guy]

Man shot over a gold chain behind Club Firestone

April Hunt | Sentinel Staff Writer
Posted April 9, 2007, 7:56 AM EDT

A man was shot behind a downtown nightclub early this morning, after he refused to give a gunman his gold chain.

Orlando Police said the man was in the parking area behind Club Firestone, 578 N. Orange Ave., when another man pointed a gun at him in attempt to steal his jewelry just before 3 a.m. When the victim refused, the man shot him in the arm.

Off-duty police quickly detained two men after the shooting. Edwin L. Thomas, 24, was charged with attempted armed robbery and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Todd Moore, 21, was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.



http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...home-headlines

[Nirvana-Guy]

Gunmen Sought In Eatonville Home Invasion
Search Prompts Lockdown At Clarcona Elementary

POSTED: 10:57 am EDT April 6, 2007
UPDATED: 7:19 pm EDT April 6, 2007

APOPKA, Fla. -- An Orange County school was on lockdown Friday morning after a chase between three people inside a truck and police.

Investigators said the three people were in an older-model Dodge Ram truck and were involved earlier in a home invasion in the Catalina subdivision of Eatonville, WESH 2 News reported.

http://www.wesh.com/news/11550164/detail.html



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Father Witnesses Son's Shooting Death During Home Invasion

POSTED: 9:48 am EDT April 7, 2007
UPDATED: 10:21 am EDT April 7, 2007

COCOA, Fla. -- A man was shot dead inside his Brevard County home Friday night.



http://www.wesh.com/news/11564653/detail.html

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Shots Fired Inside Orlando McDonald's

POSTED: 11:28 am EDT April 8, 2007
UPDATED: 12:29 pm EDT April 8, 2007

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Shots rang out inside an Orlando McDonald's Saturday night and police are still looking for the gunman.

According to police, the shooting happened about 10:30 p.m. at the store near Colonial and Primrose drives, WESH 2 News reported.

http://www.wesh.com/news/11576166/detail.html

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Deputies Blow Up Box Of Bullets Found Near Orlando Middle School

POSTED: 10:33 am EDT April 9, 2007
UPDATED: 10:43 am EDT April 9, 2007

Orange County deputies said they blew up a box of bullets Monday morning that were found near a middle school.

The sheriff's department said it found a box of old shells and a gun on Lake Underhill Road in front of Discovery Middle School around 2 a.m. Monday, WESH 2 News reported.

http://www.wesh.com/news/11587881/detail.html

[bmurphy]

No offense, but could you can it already? We get it, crime is happening in the area. IT'S NOT UNIQUE!!! Go to a news site for ANY area and you can dig up plenty of crime every single day.

We get it. Drop it. It's boring and annoying...