LAKE COUNTY JAIL

Authorities accused him of using the dating app “Tagged” to lure a woman into prostitution, according to a criminal affidavit.

A Central Florida judge on Monday exonerated Black men known as the “Groveland Four” who were accused of sexually assaulting a white woman in one...

Deputies charge 14, including corrections officer, with bringing drugs into Lake County Jail During the operation, detectives seized tobacco, marijuana and methamphetamine that were all bound for the jail, according to a report. LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — Deputies in Lake County have charged 14 people in connection with bringing illegal items into the Lake County Jail. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said the charges stem from a year-long investigation into various crimes related to introducing illegal items into a detention facility. Cloud mother Nicole Montalvo dies in prison“Operation Hide and Seek” was a collaborative effort between the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Eustis, Clermont, and Leesburg Police Departments and federal law enforcement. Deputies said 10 of the 14 people charged are in custody and four are still wanted.

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – A Lake County deputy died this week after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Master Detention Deputy Lynn Jones was assigned to the Lake County Jail where more than 120 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed. “It is with great sadness that I share the passing of Master Detention Deputy Lynn Jones, who was assigned to the Lake County Jail,” the post read. Herrell said jail officials began testing for COVID-19 on June 4 after they began seeing symptoms. Officer Conrad Buckley was hospitalized at AdventHealth Waterman in Tavares for COVID-19 where he later died, according to a news release.

When officers arrived at the Home2 Suites Tuesday afternoon, the man refused to exit the room, according to a statement from the Clermont Police Department. CLERMONT Clermont police officers arrested a man for felony fraud charges Tuesday afternoon after a brief stand-off at a local hotel. Joseph Mora, a 33-year-old Clermont resident, was arrested at the Home2 Suites in the 1400 block of Champions Way after officers received a tip that he had booked a room. When officers arrived at the Home2 Suites Tuesday afternoon, Mora refused to exit the room, according to a statement from the Clermont Police Department. He eventually stepped out of the room unarmed and unharmed and was booked at the Lake County Jail.

click to enlarge Photo via Florida Memory ProjectSheriff Willis McCall and an unidentified man with Charles Greenlee, Samuel Shepherd and Walter Irvin in the Lake County Jail, 1949Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and state Rep. Geraldine Thompson, D-Windermere, want exoneration for the Groveland Four, expanding on pardons granted in January by Gov. An exoneration would be an official statement that the four men didnt do the crime.Thomas was killed by a posse in Madison County after the rape accusation. Shepherd, Greenlee and Irvin were beaten to coerce confessions before they were convicted by an all-white jury.Greenlee, at 16, was given a life sentence. Shepherd and Irvin, both U.S. Army veterans, were sentenced to death. Greenlee, released from prison in the early 1960s, died in 2012.The pardons were supported by current Lake County officials.

Lake County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Jones said all of the inmates participating in construction are low-risk inmates who've been vetted. Jones said inmates often reoffend when they are released because they don't have a job, they don't have skills and they don't have motivation. Inmates doing construction don't receive credit for time served, but they do receive documentation showing the skills they learned and the time they spent. He acts like the job foreman, teaching the inmates how to build the houses.

Inmates at the Lake County Jail are learning new skills by volunteering to build houses for Habitat for Humanity. Copyright 2019 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.