TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) — Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed Senate Bill 1620 and Senate Bill 168, expanding access to mental health and substance abuse resources across the state. The Governor ...
ORANGE AND OSCEOLA HAS PROMISED TO SUSPEND SOME PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAMS, WHICH HELPS FIRST TIME OFFENDERS AVOID CONVICTIONS AND CRIMINAL RECORDS. BUT WESH 2 NEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER GREG BOX ...
(The Center Square) – A recent report by the Florida Legislature's research arm found that taxpayers pay $47 million for pretrial diversion programs that serve 69,000 offenders. These programs ...
A group of homeless individuals uses the shade of a couple of palm trees on North Paramore Ave. in Downtown Orlando, Florida. Amid fears that a new state law criminalizes those who sleep outside, ...
Video above: Developers unveil new Boca Raton government campus plan ahead of January voteA South Florida man accused of sending antisemitic text messages entered a pre-trial diversion ...
In his first morning as state attorney, Andrew Bain made immediate and sweeping changes: He fired two executive staff members and discontinued the office’s diversion programs while he “evaluate[s] ...
ON WESH TWO. NEWS AT FOUR. WE TALKED ABOUT THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THE LACK OF RESOURCES FOR THE INCREASING NUMBER OF KIDS GETTING IN TROUBLE. BUT THERE IS ONE PROGRAM IN SEMINOLE COUNTY THAT ...
A Jupiter contractor could avoid prosecution after allegedly pocketing thousands of dollars and not completing a job.On Oct. 17, Michael S. Fenton agreed to enter a pretrial intervention program with ...