LAKE WALES, Fla. -- A former Lake Wales police officer has been sentenced to two years in prison for his part in a drug operation. A judge sentenced 51-year-old Keenan Colson on Thursday. He pleaded no contest in September to charges of using police equipment to aid a member of a drug operation. Full Story »
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- One of the big catches for commercial and recreational fishermen will be banned for much of next year. Beginning January 4th, 2010, the federal government will ban fishing for red snapper from North Carolina all the way down the Atlantic Coast of Florida for six months. Full Story »
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Two more women are coming forward claiming to have had affairs with recently-troubled professional golfer Tiger Woods, and this time they are from Central Florida. This brings the total number of potential mistresses to five, including Rachel Uchitel. Full Story »
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The City of Orlando is launching a massive project designed to reach hundreds of homeless people at once Friday morning. Forty-five agencies and businesses are joining forces as part of Project Homeless Connect, based at the Downtown Recreation Center on Livingston Street. Full Story »
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Orange County sheriff's deputies are still searching Friday morning for the home invaders who used a woman as a decoy. Thursday night, a man living at The Fountains apartments near Waterford Lakes heard a knock and opened his front door. Full Story »
New surveillance video could be the break in the case police need to find the man behind a violent, ambush-style robbery attempt that happened late Tuesday night in Ocoee. SURVEILLANCE: Raw Video | Images AT THE SCENE: Ocoee Couple Ambushed VIDEO REPORT: Possible Break In Case Full Story »
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. -- Technical problems and weather issues forced crews to delay the launch of the Delta IV rocket in Brevard County Thursday night. Full Story »
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Three armed robbers, who cleaned out a Daytona Beach cash advance store, are on the run. Cameras recorded their escape from the business on Nova Road Thursday morning. Full Story »
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Eyewitness News found out that burglars are hitting the same Orlando condo complex almost daily. More than half of the condos at the Walden Pond complex near the Mall at Millenia are in foreclosure. Full Story »
OVIEDO, Fla. -- Deputies continue to hunt for a fugitive accused of shooting a man in the face. Demarcus Reddick escaped deputies Wednesday night after they followed him and Reddick crashed the vehicle in Oviedo. Full Story »
WINDERMERE, Fla. -- There are reports out that Tiger Woods' wife Elin is furious, that Tiger has paid her $5 million up front to stick around and that she's demanding a re-write for their prenuptial agreement and he's agreeing to that. Full Story »
Some Winter Springs business owners said the development's new owners are driving even more business away. Full Story »
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- An Orange County company was accused of faking marriages in an immigration scheme. But Eyewitness News has learned that case was thrown out because of what a judge called an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent's “misconduct.” Full Story »
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Some old dogs need new friends in Orange County. Animal Services is desperate to adopt out older animals and they're turning to older people to take the animals in. Full Story »
MIAMI -- Florida social service administrators will strengthen their response to calls for help to the state's abuse hot line after The Miami Herald reported that thousands of calls each month are being "screened out" and not forwarded for investigation. Full Story »
PALM BAY, Fla. -- A Palm Bay High School student was taken into custody Thursday after Melbourne Police School Resource Officer Melvin Byrd said the teen brought a handgun onto school property. The school was not placed on lockdown. Full Story »
An audio recording of FHP's interview with Tiger Woods' neighbor shows Tiger was already out of his SUV when his neighbors got to him and was snoring. FHP AUDIO: Interview With 911 Caller ELIN PAID OFF? Reports Tiger Paid Her $5M VIDEO REPORT: FHP Releases Neighbor Interview ALLEGED MISTRESS: Cancels Press Conference CRASH ANIMATION: CGI Of Crash By News Site Full Story »
DAYTONA, Fla. -- South Daytona police are cracking down on pedestrian safety. Police used volunteers to ticket drivers, who didn't give pedestrians the right-of-way, on Ridgewood Avenue at Big Tree Road Thursday. Full Story »
Orlando police are looking for two aggressive robbers who held up a bank Thursday morning with at least five employees inside. Police say the suspects were bold enough to pull up in front of the door of the RBC Bank on South Orange Avenue (see map) then they stormed in, wearing colorful hoodies, gloves and bandanas over their faces. Full Story »
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A New York man has pleaded guilty to molesting a young swimmer at a Walt Disney World water park. Prosecutors say 50-year-old Robert Chester Double Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of lewd and lascivious molestation. He was sentenced to five years of sex offender probation. Full Story »
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Orange County has many dangerous intersections, but despite the growing number of communities relying on red light cameras to make their streets safer, there's not one camera watching any Orange County roads. Full Story »
TAMPA, Fla. -- A Tampa man is accused of busting the front door of a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office substation, then biting a deputy who tried to detain him. Full Story »
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- State wildlife officials have extended the python hunt program. After a four-month test run that ended in October, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced Wednesday that they would extend the program to a year-round effort starting in January. Full Story »
WESTON, Fla. -- The second person involved in the heist of a valuable bottle of whiskey has turned himself in to the Broward County Sheriff's Office. Authorities say 43-year-old Richard Goldstein was charged Tuesday with grand theft, dealing in stolen property and perjury. Full Story »
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