The Lake County sheriff’s undercover narcotics detectives, in conjunction with the Clermont, Leesburg, and Eustis Police Departments, just concluded two simultaneous operations this week that targeted high-level traffickers responsible for distributing methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, marijuana, and cocaine throughout Central Florida. Dubbed Operation Pull the Plug and Operation C.E.L.L. Block, the two investigations lasted approximately 6 months and resulted in detectives’ obtaining 67 arrest warrants.
During Operation Cell Block, detectives identified Jy’kez Jackson as being responsible for distributing trafficking amounts of methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl in South Lake County. As the investigation progressed, it was determined that Mr. Jackson was not only distributing methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl, but he was also responsible for distributing marijuana and homemade marijuana edibles, which were manufactured from marijuana, THC oil, and cereal. During the course of the investigation, Alphonsa Williams was also identified as a high-level methamphetamine trafficker and supplier who was operating out of Wildwood, Florida. Continue reading
Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointments of Michael Morley, John Stinneford, Melissa Nelson, the Honorable Michael Andrews, Bradenton Police Chief Melanie Bevan and Pasco County Sheriff Christopher Nocco to the Criminal Punishment Code Task Force.
Michael Morley
Morley, of Windemere, is an assistant professor at the Florida State University College of Law. He previously taught at the Barry University School of Law, served as Special Assistant to the General Counsel of the U.S. Army and clerked for Judge Gerald B. Tjoflat. Morely earned his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and his juris doctorate from Yale Law School.
John Stinneford
Stinneford, of Ponte Vedra Beach, is a professor at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law. He previously taught at the Georgetown University Law Center and the University of Dayton School of Law. Stinneford earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia, his master’s degree from Harvard University and his juris doctorate from Harvard Law School. Continue reading
Photo credit: Governor DeSantis Press Office
First Lady Announces the Formation of a Drug Abuse Prevention Panel to be Chaired by Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma
Sanford, Fla. — Today, First Lady Casey DeSantis held a listening session on mental health and substance abuse at the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office in Sanford. This was her second listening session of the day following a stop at Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast in Venice. Today’s listening sessions were part of the First Lady’s Hope for Healing Florida campaign, a multi-agency initiative that strives to combine the resources and efforts of the public and private sectors to better serve Floridians struggling with mental health and substance abuse.
First Lady DeSantis also announced the formation of a drug abuse prevention panel with Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma to serve as chair. The focus of the panel will be to discuss and determine best practices and innovative solutions to combat drug abuse throughout the state, specifically as it pertains to Florida’s youth. Continue reading
Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) celebrate national Hire a Veteran Day by encouraging Florida businesses to recruit and employ veterans. Florida businesses can benefit from the education, leadership experience and dedication veterans have cultivated in their military service.
“We’re proud to celebrate Hire a Veteran Day in Florida as we continue on our mission to be the most veteran-friendly state in the nation,” said Governor DeSantis. “I recognize the important role these brave men and women hold in our communities and will continue to encourage businesses to recruit veterans. The dedication and value they bring to Florida’s economy is vital to the success of our businesses and the diversity of our workforce.”
To support veteran employment, DEO directly administers the Jobs for Veterans State Grant and works with local workforce development boards throughout the state, which are staffed with veterans’ employment representatives who are dedicated to helping veterans find meaningful employment. In 2019, nearly 4,000 veterans gained employment after assistance by the CareerSource Florida network. Continue reading
Our military members risk their lives in service to our country. Sadly, while they are deployed overseas, and even after they retire from service, scammers may target them to try to make a dishonest dollar. July is Military Consumer Protection Month, and in recognition of the month, I launched our Patriot Protection Week Campaign. This initiative aims to help Florida’s service members and veterans guard against military-related scams by directly providing them consumer protection tips and resources.
As part of our Campaign, I released our 2019 Military Consumer Protection Resource Guide. The Guide is full of information, advice and resources to help the more than 90,000 active and reserve members of the Armed Forces and 1.5 million veterans who call Florida home.
Tips to avoid common military-related scams include:
Beware of scammers using misleading photos or language to imply association with a branch of the U.S. Military; Continue reading
Non-Citizens can’t vote in Florida. So why is a group trying to ban it again?
Fueled by millions of dollars from unknown sources, an obscure petition drive declared victory this week and announced that a new constitutional amendment to require only citizens to vote in Florida — something that’s already required by law — has more than twice the number of signatures needed to get on the 2020 election ballot. It’s strange.
As told by Mark Twain
If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
— Mark Twain
PUBLISHER NOTE:
Mark that’s not true! We do our very best to bring the readers information! We also give the readers a chance to express their opinion in print! We are an award winning newspaper, with an award winning graphic artist!
An example of information shared: Short story when Sue Kelly decided to leave the Lady Lake Chamber. She decided to slip away quietly and assume a new position with Grand Oaks. We ran a story in the paper thanking her for her service to the Lady Lake Community. Her phone blew up with calls saying I did not know you were leaving. She got more thank you’s for her service. Sue Kelly, Thank You for your service to the Community.
TomL said that.
The state of Florida has the second highest total number of heat related deaths of children being left unattended in a vehicle. More than half of vehicular heatstroke cases from 1998 to 2018 were because an adult forgot about a child, according to NoHeatstroke.org. Additionally, every year pets suffer and die when their guardians make the mistake of leaving them unattended in a parked vehicle to “run in for just a minute” at the local store. The Lady Lake Police Department is committed to informing and educating parents and pet owners on the dangers of leaving children and pets unattended in a vehicle and taking precautions to help prevent these tragic situations.
Leaving a child or a pet in a hot car even for a short period of time can be dangerous, even if parked in a shade or with the windows cracked. A vehicle’s glass transparency allows for the sun’s rays to heat up the inside essentially creating a vacuum of heat. Within minutes a car that was just being cooled can experience a spike in temperature. On a sunny day, when outside temperatures are 70 degrees the inside temperature of a vehicle can rise to 89 degrees within 10 minutes and 104 degrees within 30 minutes. At 80 degrees outside, the inside temperature of a vehicle can rise to 94 degrees in 10 minutes and soar up to 114 degrees in 30 minutes. Continue reading
by A.J.(Tony) Powell
Can you trust your favorite ‘Network News’?
Here’s a question! “When is the truth a lie?”
For months the media has been screaming about President Trump’s ‘Crackdown’ on ‘illegal aliens’
To me, ‘crackdown’ means an ‘increase’; That Trump is taking a harder line than did his predecessors; That Trump has ‘expelled’ millions of these ‘invaders’.
But, in fact, Trump has deported only a few thousand. Continue reading
Dear Friends,
It’s a great day to be an American! Throughout the country, and Florida in particularly, we are reaping the rewards of having a President who loves American and puts her first. That leadership has trickled down to our state and we have a rock-solid conservative in the Governor’s mansion, as well as many other talented, capable legislators that help shape Florida policy. The Democrats (or, socialists), can’t stand it. They hate that conservative leaders have this country moving in the right direction again, and that Florida did not see the liberal medias much anticipated “blue wave”.
The 2020 Legislative Session in Florida is quickly approaching, with committees beginning in September and Session following in January, we are already seeing how much the 2020 election will shape the tone of the conversations that we have over those few months. The D.C. globalists are pushing even further left, and their rhetoric has completely changed the democratic party. The socialists in their party are emboldened and empowered by disastrous party leadership. It’s not just in D.C, the local and state races are not immune. In many cases, they have actually become the training ground for some of their most extreme candidates. Continue reading
