MARCOS LOPEZ

Osceola County Deputy David Crawford is now formally charged stemming from a 2022 arrest in which the deputy is accused of starting a fire with a Taser which left a suspect badly burned across most of his body.

he Osceola County Sheriff’s Office says they plan to issue more body-worn cameras to their deputies this year. A spokesperson for Sheriff Marcos Lopez says that since taking office, he has ensured all members on patrol have body cameras, but there are other scenarios where sworn personnel are on the job without this equipment.

The sheriff in Osceola County is launching a new program to get more women to consider becoming deputies.

A woman who worked as an overnight guard at the Kissimmee Youth Academy is accused of sexual misconduct with a minor, according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office.

A parent is accused of punching an umpire in the head during a high school baseball game near Kissimmee, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

A former Celebration High School coach arrested earlier this month, accused of sexual misconduct with students, is facing more charges, records show.

A teacher at an Osceola County elementary school faces charges of sexual battery on a minor, according to a news release.

Osceola County deputies and Sheriff Marcos Lopez on Thursday escorted a Celebration High School baseball coach to a patrol car for his arrest, accused of sexual misconduct with at least two students.

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell spoke about drug trafficking Monday after Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez called out the state for its lack of prosecution of these cases last week.

Following a shooting rampage that left three people dead in Pine Hills in February, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Orange County Sheriff John Mina and Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez have spoken out against Worrell.

Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez on Thursday provided an update on the number of drug overdoses and deaths within the community in 2022.

Osceola County deputies have identified the man and woman found dead Tuesday outside a St. Cloud home in what they are now calling a murder-suicide, according to the sheriff’s office.

A man was arrested and accused of raping a 12-year-old girl several times within the past year after approaching her at a neighborhood block party, Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said at a news briefing Friday.

Deputies identified two men and a woman found dead following an apparent murder-suicide near the Floridian Sandalwood mobile home park, the sheriff’s office said.

A woman is accused of stabbing two children and their father Tuesday in Osceola County, according to the sheriff’s office.

Deputies said they recovered a woman from a Kissimmee lake Wednesday night who is possibly the same person that went missing a day prior.

Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez is set to give details on an arrest in a homicide investigation.

Former Osceola County sheriff Russ Gibson wants his old job back.

Russ Gibson announced Thursday he had filed to run for re-election in the county’s 2024 race for the role.

Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez announced the arrests of five people Wednesday months after a man was shot and killed in a violent home invasion near St. Cloud.

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a death investigation Wednesday after possible human remains were found in Kissimmee.

The Osceola County sheriff is expected to speak Friday night on a report about a barricaded subject.

A body found in a swampy area in Osceola County is believed to be a missing 73-year-old man who was last seen on Thanksgiving Day, Sheriff Marcos Lopez said in an update Thursday.

A man was shot in the head while driving on the southwest side of a business parking lot near Buenaventura Boulevard and Simpson Road in Osceola County on Sunday evening, according to the Osceola County Fire Rescue.

A man admits to stabbing and killing his own mother and hurting his sister during an attack at a home near Kissimmee, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

A man was arrested after one woman was found dead and another injured at a Kissimmee home, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies are searching for a 73-year-old missing man who was last seen visiting relatives in Kissimmee on Thanksgiving.

The Osceola County Sheriff's Office will hold a news briefing on an arrest made after homes in the county were broken into while people were asleep inside.

Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said he has fulfilled his promise to have bilingual Spanish speakers answer the phones in his 911 dispatch center.

Deputies with the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office are set to deploy Wednesday to Lee County, which is still struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, the sheriff’s office said in a release.

Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez and Attorney General Ashley Moody will be visiting Good Samaritan Village in Kissimmee to assess flood damage in the area caused by Hurricane Ian.

After yet another police suicide in Central Florida, deputies have come up with a solution: the Osceola County Sheriff's Office has finally hired a full-time in-house mental health expert.

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday it had been chosen to host a meeting of the Florida Sheriffs Association Cold Case Advisory Commission.

From Marion County to Maitland, school resource officers and deputies across Central Florida are gearing up for back to school.

Two parents are facing murder charges as of Wednesday in connection with the death of their 6-year-old child and the abuse of their five other children in Osceola County.

Annual retraining this summer for Osceola County Sheriff’s Office SROs was longer and more intensive than ever before, according to Sheriff Marcos Lopez.

As Osceola County heads back-to-school, for the first time ever, the youngest students will be getting life lessons on how to deal with bullying directly from deputies.

In April, Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez held a brief news conference to announce his deputies had been involved in a deadly shooting in the parking lot of a Target, offering almost no details about what had happened or what led to the shooting.

An ordinance was passed in Osceola County on Monday evening that is aimed to prevent crimes at hookah establishments in the early morning hours.

Sheriff Marcos Lopez said the Real-Time Crime Center and the ongoing effort to add additional school camera feeds means better protection.

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that left one person dead and put three people in the hospital.

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is set to provide an update Thursday afternoon on the incident during which three deputies and a suspect caught fire in an attempted arrest at a gas station months ago.

Black Lives Matter Restoration Polk Inc. held a news briefing Tuesday afternoon on the deadly deputy shooting that occurred outside an Osceola Target last month.

A 3-year-old died and an 8-year-old was injured after their mother forced them to drink bleach before trying to kill herself outside a Poinciana church Sunday, Osceola Sheriff Marcos Lopez said in a news briefing Tuesday.

Four Osceola sheriff’s office vehicles were rammed into prior to the fatal deputy-involved shooting of a 20-year-old in a Target parking lot last week, new documents released Monday revealed.

The lawyer representing the family of the man who was killed when two Osceola County deputies opened fire in the parking lot of Target is questioning why none of the responding members of law enforcement were wearing body cameras.

In the wake of the recent deadly shooting by two Osceola County deputies at a Target on April 27, questions have loomed about the policies at the sheriff’s office.

Deputies involved in Target shooting were not wearing body cameras, according to Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez.

Osceola County's sheriff is continuing to not answer direct questions about why his deputies opened fire on four men outside a Target store on April 27.

Attorneys representing the family of a 20-year-old man shot and killed by Osceola County deputies in a Target parking lot are revealing new details in what led up to the shooting.

A man shot and killed by Osceola County deputies last week at an area Target was identified Tuesday by the attorney for the family.

A Florida lawmaker is now pressing the Osceola County Sheriff's Office to release more information about a deadly deputy shooting in the parking lot of a Target store five days ago.

Two men stealing a pizza and several packs of Pokémon cards from a Target lead to a deadly deputy shooting Wednesday night, records released Thursday revealed.

A man was killed and three other people were injured after two Osceola County deputies opened fire Wednesday night outside a Target store near Kissimmee, authorities said.

Every day, a group of local detectives go to work with the FBI at the FBI offices in Maitland to tackle the growing problem.

A mother is facing charges in the death of her 4-year-old daughter who was found at a resort near Celebration in January, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

An employee of an Osceola County apartment complex was booked Thursday, accused of raping a 70-year-old tenant in her own unit the day prior, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

A man and woman were found dead inside an Osceola County home, according to the sheriff’s office.

A 4-year-old girl was found dead and her mother was taken to the hospital after deputies performed a well-being check at a resort, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

New images released by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office are the latest to come out of the search for Paola Miranda-Rosa, who has been missing since Dec. 18.

The Osceola County sheriff will discuss the arrest of seven people in connection with a woman’s death during a news conference Friday afternoon.

Three teens face battery charges after video surfaced of a student getting punched in the face at Liberty High School on Oct. 22.

A woman accused of killing her own mother "admitted to hitting her with a hammer" following her arrest on Saturday, according to Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez.

A 55-year-old man was arrested for the rape of an 18-year-old woman.

Osceola county deputies said Friday that Miya Even Nunez was found in good health, according to a tweet.

Mental illness in the criminal justice system is a long-standing problem, according to Orange-Osceola state attorney Monique Worrell.

The man arrested following an hourslong standoff in connection with an Osceola County triple homicide is now in jail and facing 18 charges after confessing to the killings, according to records.

A triple homicide investigation prompted a large law enforcement presence at an Osceola County complex Tuesday morning, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office discussed the arrest of one of their deputies at a Tuesday news conference.

News 6 has learned that almost every Central Florida county is looking to hire 911 dispatchers—some, in fact, offering incentives in the form of sign-on bonuses to recruit and retain more emergency operators.

For the past four Thursdays, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office has been hosting safe street racing events at the Orlando Speedworld.

The Osceola County Sheriff's Office teamed up with Orlando Speed World to allow for street racers to safely participate in the hobby in a controlled setting.

For Osceola County's first Hispanic Sheriff Marcos Lopez, it's important for him to speak to his county the way a large and growing portion speaks to him -- in Spanish.

The deputy has been place on leave and the case is now up for review by the State Attorney's Office.

Bradley Linville, a dean at Harmony Middle School, is accused of molesting a minor.

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office has fired one deputy and suspended seven others without pay following an internal affairs investigation regarding comments made by the sheriff’s deputies

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – A week after a video went viral showing an Osceola County school resource deputy slamming a student into the ground at Liberty High School the school board addressed the video during a meeting Tuesday night. Tuesday marked the first school board meeting since the incident. School Board Member Julius Melendez said he plans to announce the creation of a task force that will work to draw up a policy to address what actions school resource officers can and cannot take. Melendez added that this isn’t just in response to the incident at Liberty High School or the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office. He said he plans to have the task force meet four times to work on creating the policy before it’s presented to the school board.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Monday that is seeking witnesses of those who may have video that shows a school resource officer throwing a student to the ground last week at Liberty High School. A video posted on social media shows Osceola County sheriff’s Deputy Ethan Fournier, a school resource officer at Liberty High School near Kissimmee, slamming Taylor Bracey, 16, while trying to restrain her. In the video, Fournier can be seen placing Bracey in handcuffs while a second deputy stands over them. SRO Deputy Ethan Fournier body-slammed her this week, leaving her unconscious as she hit the hard concrete floor of her Kissimmee FL high school. Implement school-wide restorative justice at Liberty High School in order to create a nurturing school climate.

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – A criminal investigation has been opened after an Osceola County deputy was caught on video slamming a high school student to the ground. Moments later, the deputy can be seen placing the student in handcuffs while a second deputy stands over them. Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez addressed the video in a news conference Wednesday, saying the agency has decided to turn over the investigation as a criminal investigation to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The female student went after another student and the situation escalated, according to the sheriff’s office. In the video, it shows the deputy taking the student to the ground and placing handcuffs on her.

Ron DeSantis issued an executive order Friday night activating the Florida National Guard in response to possible protests this weekend. The order states the National Guard will work with local law enforcement. Sheriff Marco Lopez said he has 56 deputies ready to go. Locally in Orlando, Mayor Buddy Dyer told News 6 he continues to monitor any reports of possible protests. [RELATED: States declare emergencies, close capitols ahead of rallies]The AP reports some investigators in the FBI are also on alert for armed protests.

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said he has deputies ready, waiting to be deployed to Tallahassee, should they be needed. He told News 6 they could get word as early as Friday, to be sent to support law enforcement at the capitol. “We’re sending our Emergency Response Team, our ERT Unit, 12 of them, to go up and assist in however they can,” Lopez said. He said the Florida Sheriff’s Association reached out to his office at the request of the Leon County Sheriff. As to the threat of unrest locally in Osceola County, Sheriff Lopez told News 6 they haven’t been alerted to anything.