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Sanford Cops: Former pastor arrested for alleged sex crimes against two girls

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SANFORD, Fla. -- Sanford Police investigators have arrested Yersson David Solarte Basto, 33, on charges of sexual battery and lewd and lascivious molestation, following allegations that he engaged in inappropriate conduct and sexually touched and/or assaulted two underage females.

Multimedia: Sanford Police ask the community for help identifying suspects in newly-released video of 2024 shooting

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SANFORD, Fla. -- Sanford cops are asking for the community’s help in identifying the suspects in a newly released video, which shows the April 2024 shooting of Layla Bennett.

Man high on meth when he killed a motorcyclist & a good Samaritan on SR 46 in Sanford back in 2021 sentenced to 5 concurrent life sentences behind bars

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SANFORD, Fla. -- A Sanford man who struck and killed a motorcyclist on S.R. 46, then did a U-turn and mowed down a Good Samaritan, has been sentenced to life in prison for the two deaths.

Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma & others remember Westgate Resorts hotelier David Siegel of Orlando who passed away today at 89

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- David Sigel, the billionaire founder of Westgate Resorts in Orlando who passed away today at 89, is being remembered not only as an influential hotelier but also for his advocacy in memory of his daughter, who succumbed to a drug overdose.

Breaking News: Sanford Cops arrest man on 1st-degree premeditated homicide murder charge for allegedly gunning down a city resident in his car

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SANFORD, Fla. -- Sanford Police investigators have arrested Thallas Jerome Inman Jr, 24,  in connection with the Nov. 20, 2022, homicide of 20-year-old Isaiah Ezrah Diaz, who was gunned down inside his car at the Hatteras Sound apartments.

Seminole County Commissioner Amy Linville Lockhart: county's office of economic development & tourism accredited for first time

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SANFORD, Fla. -- The Seminole County Office of Economic Development and Tourism recently earned accreditation for the first time from the globally recognized Destination Marketing Accreditation Program.