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George Zimmerman trial: Jurors share concerns, and opinions, on Trayvon Martin shooting
SANFORD — Seminole County residents poured into the criminal courthouse last week as potential jurors for the trial of George Zimmerman. By the dozens, most were sent back home. The first week of jury selection focused on pretrial publicity:...
Tags: Lawyers, Trials, Judges, Alzheimer's Disease, Medical Specialization
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Dismissed Zimmerman juror banned from Seminole courthouse
A dismissed juror in George Zimmerman's second-degree-murder case had to be escorted out of the courthouse and has been prohibited from returning to the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center until the trial ends. Jerry Patrick Counelis is former...
Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin
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2-year-old girl drowns in backyard pool
A 2-year-old girl drowned Wednesday in a backyard swimming pool, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office said. The toddler's family noticed that she was missing and found her floating in the pool on Pecan Court in the Goldenrod neighborhood about 4:30 p.m....
Tags: Winter Park
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'I was just protecting my family,' says Lake Mary dad who fought burglar
When a burglar broke into the Lake Mary apartment that a man shared with his girlfriend and their children, he refused to be a victim. At about 4:30 a.m. Monday, Jacqueline Perez shook her boyfriend, Javier Melendez, awake. First she thought she heard...
Tags: Lake Mary
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ACLU wants to know why Rx-data released to lawyers
The American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday it sent public records requests to several public agencies to learn why prescription information for roughly 3,300 Floridians was released to prosecutors and defense attorneys. Confidential information...
Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Volusia County, Prescription Drugs, Prosecution
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Sanford pastors to play peacekeeping role in Zimmerman trial
As the trial of George Zimmerman plays out in a Sanford courtroom starting Monday, Pastor Sharon Patterson, who founded a small black church in the city, will play an important, and uncommon, role. She will sit a few rows from the jury, watching and...
Tags: Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Racism, George Zimmerman, U.S. Department of Justice
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George Zimmerman trial death will bring media village, public-assembly area
SANFORD — With the George Zimmerman murder trial just one week away, a village of satellite TV trucks is about to pop up outside the Seminole County criminal courthouse. For months, courthouse personnel and others have been getting ready for what'...
Tags: Journalism, Trials, News Agency, Judges, Safety of Citizens
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Sanford leaders fear Zimmerman trial may revive city's image problem
Sanford's new police chief, Cecil Smith, spent a recent afternoon knocking on doors in one of the city's oldest black neighborhoods, carrying out his promise to improve relations between citizens and police after the Trayvon Martin shooting. But...
Tags: Politics, Government, Trials, BBC, Racism
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George Zimmerman trial protest restrictions too broad, ACLU says
SANFORD — The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday sent a letter to the chief judge for Seminole and Brevard counties, complaining about rules restricting what protesters at next week's George Zimmerman trial can and cannot do. The letter...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Judges, Seminole County, George Zimmerman
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Lawmakers finally moving to ban storefront casinos
If it looks like gambling, acts like gambling and feels like gambling, we don't need a pit boss to tell us what's going on. Seminole County knows it. The county has fought against strip-mall casinos for years, banning them and then waging a court...
Tags: Politics, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Public Officials, Lifestyle and Leisure
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SunRail worker shot by robber sitting on tracks
A subcontractor for SunRail was shot Tuesday after he told a man to get off the railroad tracks near Longwood, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office said.
The man sitting on the tracks near County Road 427 and North Street challenged the subcontractor,...Tags: Longwood (Seminole, Florida)
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Rx for Danger: Law enforcers tap state's prescription-monitoring program for patient, physician data
Supporters of Florida's prescription-drug-monitoring program, which tracks prescriptions for painkillers and other controlled substances, touted the database as a tool for law enforcement to help catch drug abusers and dealers.
Law enforcers have been...Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, General Practitioners, Apopka
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