Apopka

Accused of sharing downloaded images with other adults

Photo for Headline Surfer® / Donald Murray bonded out of jail on child porn charges. This is a jail mug of Murray from a previous unrelated arrest.

APOPKA -- The Seminole County Sheriff's Office Crimes Against Children Unit arrested an Apopka man on nearly a dozen child porn charges.

Donald Murray, 49, was arrested on a search warrant Monday, alleging 10 counts of possession of obscene material/child pornography and one count of distribution of obscene material/child pornography.

"Investigators yesterday executed a search warrant at Murray’s residence after receiving information from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement that possible child pornography images had been detected and were associated with an IP address belonging to Murray," Seminole County Sheriff's spokesman Heather Smith told Headline Surfer®."A preliminary forensic analysis of Murray’s computer found child pornography and evidence that he was sharing the images with others."

Trooper: 16-year-old didn't know 2-year-old was behind the vehicle

APOPKA -- A toddler was struck and killed Wednesday afternoon by a 16-year-old relative who didn't know she was behind the SUV he backed up in the family driveway in the 300 block of Avalone Drive, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

While backing the 2000 Ford, the boy struck the 2-year-old with the left rear tire, running her over in the process, a trooper reported. the Florida Highway Patrol said.

The victim, Amararis Martinez, was rushed by paramedics to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando where she succumbed to critical head injuries less than an hour after the 3:20 p.m. accident, FHP spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Montes said.

The death of an Apopka man found eight days ago floating in Lake Monroe near the park in DeBary as shown here was determined to be the result of a suicide.

DEBARY -- A body found floating in Lake Monroe on Sept. 29, has been identified as 42-year-old Jin Tak Han of Apopka.

His death was the result of drowning and has been determined to be a suicide, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.

A passerby at Lake Monroe Park in DeBary spotted the body and notified a park employee.

The employee flagged down an off-duty deputy, who launched a boat into the river and retrieved the body and brought it to shore. An autopsy confirmed the death was the result of suicide, Sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said.