An Orlando police officer accused of beating a teenager will go to trial Thursday on criminal charges. Officer Dante Candelaria faces several charges for an incident with a 19-year-old Bryan Payne in February 2011. Video of the incident shows Candelari... »
Orange County showed off their newest school buses Tuesday.The 108 buses cost $11 million. According to school officials that money bought more than just the buses, they say it also bought new safety equipment that should bring parents some peace of mi... »
Orange County deputies dismantled what they said was a large marijuana grow house operation. In the end, authorities seized nearly 150 pounds of pot from one home and almost 100 plants from two other homes. Orange County drug agents raided two of the... »
A high speed chase through two central Florida counties led to three arrests overnight. Police said the three suspects, Albert Ayala, Tommy Burns and Jerry Polite, could also be responsible for 12 home burglaries in College Park, Delaney Park and Winte... »
The remains of a man were found in the woods along Millenia Boulevard on Tuesday, according to the Orlando Police Department. Investigators said a survey crew found the remains while working in the woods on Monday. WFTV received several calls from resi... »
Police in Osceola County have charged a man accused of robbing and injuring an elderly woman Monday evening. The victim, a 90-year-old woman, told police she walked out of the South Orange Blossom Trail Publix at about 8 p.m. when a man in a red Jeep a... »
Police are interviewing witnesses following a shooting in Orlando that sent one person to the hospital overnight. Officers responded to the call on Jackson Street late Monday night. Investigators said they found the victim in the middle of the road. Th... »
A jury decided in favor of a woman who sued the city of Orlando in an excessive force case on Monday. Heather Hull sued the city of Orlando over a confrontation during a 2003 tailgating party at the University of Central Florida football game at the Ci... »
There have been nearly a dozen break-ins in a College Park community in the last month, authorities said. Michael Carlock is the latest victim of a rash of College Park break-ins. "Those HD TVs don't come cheap, so that was painful," said Carlock. A wi... »
The jury deliberating the latest excessive force case against the Orlando Police Department was sent home for the evening Friday. Heather Hull is suing the Orlando Police Department over a confrontation at a tailgating party at a University of Central ... »
An Orange County jury heard an Orlando police officer try to explain himself for stunning a woman with a second Taser. Heather Hull is suing two Orlando police officers and the police department for the use of excessive force sparked by a confrontation... »
A trial started on Monday that could cost the city of Orlando a lot of money. A woman who was arrested during a tailgate party is suing the city and police for allegedly using excessive force. The arrest was recorded on video, and it shows the 23-year-... »
The parents of slain teen Trayvon Martin defended their son from new claims, involving drugs and an alleged attack on George Zimmerman, who shot and killed Martin on Feb. 26. as he was returning from a 7-Eleven. Martin's parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tr... »
The parents of slain teen Trayvon Martin spoke at a news conference on Monday afternoon at the Macedonia Baptist Church in Eatonville. It's been one month since the shooting death of Martin, and the lack of arrest in the case has sparked national outra... »
The Orlando Police Department spent hours surrounding a home overnight, but never found the man they were looking for. Officers said they got a call from a woman on South Street, not far from the Citrus Bowl, around midnight. She said she had been thre... »
