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Federal Judge Refuses to Pause Order to Close ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

August 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A cage at the Everglades migrant lock-up the state calls Alligator Alcatraz. (White House)

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams has refused to pause her order requiring state and federal officials to wind down operations at an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”

Trump Didn’t Like a Federal Order. So He Sued Entire Court. Judge Schooled Him.

August 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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A federal judge Tuesday threw out what he called a “novel and potentially calamitous” attempt by the Trump administration to sue the entire federal court in Maryland over an order that put a two-day pause on deportations. When a party disagrees with a court action, there is “a tried-and-true recourse,” wrote Judge Thomas Cullen of the Western District of Virginia — file an appeal. But the Trump administration, when faced with a standing immigration order it didn’t like, instead sued all 15 federal district court judges in Maryland, the court clerk, and the court itself.

Prideful Bunnell Moves Into Its New City Hall and Police HQ On Ever-Busier Commerce Parkway

August 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

City Manager Alvin Jackson at the lectern, proclaiming "another great day in Bunnell," with all five members of the City Commission, the builder and a pastor this morning at the building's dedication. (© FlaglerLive)

Four years almost to the day when mold exiled it from its last and rickety home in what had been a school and the mayor’s mother’s appliance store before that, Bunnell government today dedicated its new, and this time presumably permanent, City Hall and police station on Commerce Parkway amid cheers of pride and even a few commemorative gunshots as the national flag rose over the nearly 3-acre property. 

Flagler Home Builders Association Will Sue Palm Coast Over Parks, Fire and Road Impact Fee Increases

August 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

The Flagler Home Builders Association showed its muscle last March when the mayor was pushing for a building moratorium. It is showing it again with notice of a lawsuit it will file against the city, disputing the recently adopted impact fee increases. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Home Builders Association is preparing to sue Palm Coast government over the City Council’s approval in June of sharply higher development impact fees for fire, parks and roads. The new fees don’t apply until Oct. 1. The suit would be filed on behalf of HBA, five  construction companies and two private city residents. The pending action argues that the city’s new schedule violated the law by raising fees too sharply and too quickly, without a substantiated showing of “extraordinary circumstances” that would justify the sharper increase, among other alleged violations. 

Kevin Gurthrie Says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Will Likely Be Empty Within Days

August 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Kevin Guthrie. (© FlaglerLive)

The Associated Press is reporting that Kevin Guthrie, Florida’s director of emergency management, says that the controversial Everglades facility used to detain migrants may be empty within days.

Florida Supreme Court Won’t Halt Pulitzer-Trump Case

August 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The Supreme Court sides with Gov. DeSantis. (© FlaglerLive)

The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up an attempt by Pulitzer Prize board members to halt a defamation lawsuit that President Donald Trump filed after the board refused to rescind a 2018 award to The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Trump’s Invasion of DC Costs Over $1 Million a Day. Here’s What That Could Pay for Instead.

August 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Deploying the National Guard against D.C.’s unhoused population costs four times more than simply housing them. That’s true across the country.

3rd Lawsuit Challenges Florida’s Authority to Run ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ and Hold People Without Charges

August 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Calling it “exactly the kind of disaster that Congress took pains to avoid,” attorneys for immigrants held at a detention center in the Everglades filed a lawsuit alleging Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration lacks the authority to run the facility. The lawsuit, filed Friday in the federal Middle District of Florida, is the third major legal challenge to the detention center, erected by the DeSantis’ administration as part of the state’s support of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts.

The 7th Judicial Circuit, Which Includes Flagler County, Is Getting Two New Circuit Judges, Initially by Appointment

August 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Flagler County courthouse. Flagler County, along with Putnam, Volusia and St. Johns, form the Seventh Judicial Circuit, which is getting two new circuit judges. Where they will be seated is not yet known. (© FlaglerLive)

Following a determination by the Florida Supreme Court and ratification by the Legislature last June, the Seventh Judicial Circuit, which includes Flagler, Volusia, St. Johns and Putnam counties, is getting two additional circuit judgeships, in addition to the 27 existing ones. The nine-member Judicial Nominating Commission for the Seventh Circuit, which currently has no representation from Flagler or Putnam counties, is accepting applications for the two judgeships until 5 p.m. on Sept. 15.

23-Year-Old Man Facing 15 Charges, Including Carjacking, Following 140 MPH Chase and Crash at SR100

August 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Malachi Emmanuel Rogers.

Malachi Rogers, 23, is at the Flagler County jail facing 15 criminal charges, six of them felonies, one of them a first-degree felony charge of carjacking, and another a second-degree felony charge of fleeing police with wanton disregard for others’ safety, stemming from an incident that unfolded Sunday morning on I-95 and at the intersection with State Road 100 in Palm Coast.

DeSantis Says He’s an Equal-Opportunity Executioner

August 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Responding to an X follower’s highlighting of a quote from a former Democratic Governor of Alabama who “erroneously” claimed there was “racial bias” in DeSantis’ state execution decisions, he set the record straight and, true to form, blamed “leftists” for deliberate misinterpretation of the relevant facts.

Federal Court Orders Florida to Dismantle ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ DeSantis Is Not About to Do It.

August 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis isn’t backing away from a controversial immigrant-detention center in the Everglades after a federal judge ordered his administration to begin dismantling the facility, as environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe gear up for the next stage of the legal battle. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction preventing additional construction and bringing additional detainees to the complex, which the state has dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” Williams also ordered the removal within 60 days of temporary fencing, detention-center lighting and such things as generators.

Fendrick Gabaud, 40, Would-Be Firefighter for Flagler County Fire Rescue Dies During Physical Test at Bunnell Training Tower

August 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The training tower on Justice Lane in Bunnell. (Flagler County)

Fendrick Gabaud of Ormond Beach, 40, who was being assessed for recruitment as a Flagler County Fire Rescue firefighter, died this morning at the John R. Keppler Jr. Fire Training Center on Justice Lane in Bunnell. Gabaud was part of a group of seven recruits who were going through a standard physical agility test at 10 this morning. The Bunnell Police Department is investigating.

Palm Coast Man Involved in Fake Warrant Extortion Scheme Arrested

August 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man involved in an arrest warrant scam — a common scheme in which scammers pose as members of law enforcement agencies.

In a Plea, David Chenowith, 33, Is Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison, 20 on Probation for Sex Crimes Involving Minor

August 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

David William Chenowith in his state prison mugshot (he was released in 2019) and in his most recent jail mugshot.

Circuit Judge Dawn Nichols on Wednesday sentenced David Chenowith, a 33-year-old former resident of Langdon Drive in Palm Coast, to 14 years in prison followed by 20 years on sex-offender probation–an extremely restrictive sanction–following a guilty plea on eight charges related to the sexual abuse of children.

Former Assistant Public Defender Regina Nunnally Leads ‘Know Your Rights’ Workshop for Local Renters on Aug. 26

August 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The no nonsense Regina Nunnally in arguments to a jury during a 2022 trial, when she was an assistant public defender in Flagler County. (© FlaglerLive)

Former Assistant Public Defender Regina Nunnally, an inspirational speaker, author, preacher and lawyer with Community Legal Services, will lead a free “Know Your Rights” workshop for renters on Aug. 26 at Flagler Cares’ Flagler County Village at Palm Coast’s City Marketplace. The workshop will offer essential information for renters on their legal protections and responsibilities.

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Lawsuit Over Migrants’ Legal Representation Moved to Orlando

August 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

"Alligator Alcatraz"'s entrance. (Wikimedia Commons)

Pointing to “prudence,” a federal judge late Monday ruled that a battle about legal representation for people at an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades should move to a different court. The judge declared moot the plaintiffs’ argument that the federal government had violated their rights by not identifying an immigration court that would handle their claims. That court has now been identified.

Bradley McVay is Florida’s New Statewide Prosecutor

August 18, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Bradley McVeigh in his Florida Bar picture.

Brad McVay was sworn in as statewide prosecutor Monday by Attorney General James Uthmeier. It is one of the top positions in the Florida Department of Legal Affairs and takes the lead in investigations that cross multiple county and judicial circuit lines.

Palm Coast’s Michael Brick, 35, Killed in Collision at Crash-Prone US1 and Whiteview Parkway Intersection

August 18, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The intersection of U.S. 1 and Whiteview Parkway is crash-prone. The image above is from a fatal crash there in 2022. (© FlaglerLive)

Michael Brick, a 35-year-old Palm Coast business owner, was killed Friday evening when a car crashed into his motorcycle at the intersection of U.S. 1 and Whiteview Parkway. He is the fourth motorcyclist to die on Flagler County roads so far this year.

Scaffolding Record, DeSantis Signs 12th Death Warrant of Year: David Pittman, Polk Murderer of 3

August 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

David J. Pittman.

In what could be the 12th execution this year in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a death warrant for a man convicted of killing three members of his estranged wife’s family in 1990 in Polk County. David Pittman, 63, is scheduled to be executed Sept. 17 at Florida State Prison. Florida has already set a modern-era record this year with nine executions, and two more men are scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection this month.

Amid Legal Wrangles, DeSantis Is Reopening State Prison in Baker County as Second Lock-Up for Migrants

August 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie. in Flagler Beach a year ago. (© FlaglerLive)

Amid legal wrangling over a controversial immigrant-detention center in the Everglades, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said the state plans to use a shuttered prison in North Florida to boost detention of people targeted for deportation. The conversion of Baker Correctional Institution, which state corrections officials mothballed four years ago because of staffing shortages, into a second detention center in Florida will scrap a plan to house immigrant detainees at Camp Blanding west of Jacksonville.

Palm Coast Fire Department’s Eventful Patrick Juliano Is Promoted to Battalion Chief

August 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Patrick Juliano is one of the more recognizable faces–and forces–of the Palm Coast Fire Department, often managing, aside from his regular duties, to be the department’s spokesperson, to coordinate some of the city’s most solemn events, contribute to their soundtrack with or without other musicians and percussionists, and to perform his bagpipes on innumerable occasions.

Judge Rules Illegal a Florida Law Banning Trans Teachers’ Choice of Pronouns

August 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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U.S. District Judge Mark Walker sided with Hillsborough County teacher Katie Wood and a Lee County teacher, identified as Jane Doe, in finding that the state law discriminates in violation of what is known as Section VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That section bars employment discrimination because of a person’s “race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.” But the outcome of the issue might ultimately hinge on an appeals-court ruling in a Georgia case.

Palm Coast Mayor Norris Files Dismissal Notice of His Lawsuit Against the City, Scrapping Rehearing or Appeal

August 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Mike Norris will not further pursue his lawsuit against the city. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast Mayor Mike Norris today filed notice in Circuit Court through his attorney that he was voluntarily dismissing his lawsuit against the city he represents and Council member Charles Gambaro, without prejudice–meaning that it cannot be refiled. Mt. Dora attorney Anthony Sabatini filed the notice early this afternoon, soon after being served a letter by the city’s attorney, warning that the city would pursue financial sanctions against Norris if the lawsuit remained active. 

Ex-Gang Member Michael Gilbert Back in Prison for 5 Years, Risking Another 5 Rather Than Settle

August 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Michael Gilbert in court. (© FlaglerLive)

Sometimes, defendants’ self-defeating math puzzles everyone in court, prosecutors and judges included. But the defendants’ misfortune is not entirely of their own doing, especially when they are on probation, a system as if cynically designed to make probationers fail. Michael D’Angelo Gilbert is one such defendant. 

Federal Judge Rules Unconstitutional Part of Florida Law That Led to Book Purges from School Libraries

August 13, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Siding with publishers and authors, a federal judge Wednesday ruled that a key part of a 2023 Florida law that has led to books being removed from school library shelves is “overbroad and unconstitutional.” U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza issued a 50-page decision in a First Amendment lawsuit filed last year against members of the State Board of Education and the school boards in Orange and Volusia counties.

A Disaster Expo at the Palm Coast Community Center Highlights Community’s Prepared Resilience

August 13, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A small hill of emergency-preparedness kits welcomed particip[ants at the disaster expo at the Palm Coast Community Center on Tuesday. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Cares, the social services non-profit and coordinating agency, secured a $143,000 Long-Term Recovery Grant from the American Red Cross for Flagler Volunteer Services as part of the recovery efforts following Hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024, enabling a “disaster preparedness breakfast and expo” at the Palm Coast Community Center Tuesday that drew a full house.

Flagler Beach City Attorney Recommends New Ordinance Limiting Trespassing Authority in Public Spaces

August 12, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Long-time Flagler Beach City Attorney Drew Smith wrote a seven-page memo, with an associate, defining, and mostly limiting, the city's authority to trespass individuals from public spaces. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach’s city attorney is recommending that the city adopt an ordinance clarifying when, where and why police may trespass an individual from public property, on the very rare occasions when they may, how much restraint police must exercise when interfering with a person’s speech (a lot), and what due process must be afforded the individual targeted.

Trespassing Persons on Public Property and Best Practices Dealing with Protestors: Flagler Beach City Attorney’s Memo

August 12, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Funky Pelican and the sidewalk, in a 2016 image. (© FlaglerLive)

The full text of the memo written by Flagler Beach City Attorney Drew Smith and attorney Abby Osborne-Liborioon on Aug.6, in response to Flagler Beach Police Chief Matt Doughney’s request for clarity on the city’s authority to trespass individuals from public spaces.

ICE-Bound Russian National Arrested for Credit Card Fraud in Palm Coast

August 11, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies on Friday arrested Mikhail Vasilev, 43, of Palm Coast, on two warrants for credit card fraud following two separate investigations conducted by FCSO detectives. Vasilev obtained customer credit cards to purchase construction material for residential home repairs and later used the cards for unauthorized, personal transactions.

Veteran Who Robbed and Killed a Man at Graham Swamp in 2006 Seeks Full Release from Supervision

August 11, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Brian Wothers zooming in from his home for his latest court hearing. (© FlaglerLive via zoom)

Brian Wothers, the 43-year-old military veteran who robbed and killed 26-year-old Jeffrey David Maxwell at Graham Swamp after partying with him earlier that night in 2006, is seeking release from all state supervision 17 years after he was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and committed to a state hospital. A circuit judge is not ready to grant that step just yet. 

St. Johns County Steps Up E-Bike Awareness Campaign

August 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Bicycles have long been a entrenched mode of transportation in Florida but the latest iteration of the vehicles, electronic bicycles or e-bikes, have grown increasingly present on many of the state’s beaches, restaurant areas and tourist destinations. St. Johns County, home to tourist-rich locales St. Augustine and Ponte Vedra Beach, is now taking measures to increase safety awareness for e-bikes after two troubling accidents involving the two-wheeled vehicles this year.

DeSantis Sued for 2nd Time in 5 Weeks Over Laziness in Judicial Appointments

August 9, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Gov. Ron DeSantis. (© FlaglerLive)

For the second time in little more than a month, Gov. Ron DeSantis faces a lawsuit alleging he violated the Florida Constitution by not filling a judicial seat. Gainesville attorney Gary Edinger on Friday filed a petition at the state Supreme Court seeking to force DeSantis to appoint a judge in North Florida’s 8th Judicial Circuit.

Flagler Beach Officer Who Wrongfully Arrested Man Outside Funky Pelican Will Serve 3 Days’ Suspension

August 8, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

Flagler Beach Police Sgt. Austin Yelvington in an agency Facebook picture from 2024.

An independent investigation of Flagler Beach Police Sgt. Austin Yelvington found him to have violated the city’s arrest procedures last March when he arrested a man who stood outside the Funky Pelican restaurant at the pier, holding a sign supporting homeless veterans. Yelvington is to serve a three-day suspension without pay. The other Flagler Beach police officer involved in the arrest, Emmett Luttrell, was found to have followed procedures and was not penalized. 

20-Year-Old Man Is Killed After Stepping Into Traffic on I-95 South of Palm Coast Parkway

August 8, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The incident took place around 3 a.m. on I-95's northbound lanes, just south of the Palm Coast Parkway interchange.

A 20-year-old man on foot who may have had a medical episode was struck and killed by two cars as he stepped into northbound traffic on I-95 in Palm Coast early this morning, just south of the intersection with Palm Coast Parkway.

Palm Coast Fire Department’s Caleb Dann, Brandon Davis and Gunner Pemberton Are Promoted

August 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Palm Coast Fire Department today announced the promotion of Driver Engineer Brandon Davis to the rank of Lieutenant, and Firefighters Gunner Pemberton and Caleb Dann to the rank of Driver Engineer. Additionally, Pemberton and Dann have both successfully completed the Paramedic program at Daytona State College and are now State Certified Paramedics.

Palm Coast Man and Ex-Volusia County Schools Employee Charged With Raping Neighbors’ Child in Z Section

August 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Kermit Carl Booth in a photo from the Macon County jail in North Carolina, where he was briefly held before bonding out.

Kermit Carl Booth, 72, a former resident of Palm Coast and a former employee of the Volusia County school district, faces two capital felony charges of raping a girl when she was between 6 and 9, in a case dating back to 2006 to 2009 in Palm Coast’s Z Section. Booth was arrested in North Carolina last Friday and released on a startlingly low bond, prompting outrage from Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly. A Flagler County judge had set bond at $500,000 when signing the arrest warrant. 

Trump’s Defamation Suit Against Pulitzer Board Lands in Florida Supreme Court

August 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

President Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Pulitzer board is before the Florida Supreme Court. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester for Iowa Capital Dispatch)

Attorneys for the Pulitzer Prize Board are before the Florida Supreme Court trying for a delay of a defamation lawsuit Donald Trump filed after it recognized reporting about alleged collusion between his 2026 campaign and Russia. They want to shelve the dispute at least until Trump leaves office, pointing to a potential conflict should a state court seek to exercise authority over the nation’s top executive. The case is in Florida because Trump and one of the board members live here.

Palm Coast Fire Department’s David Faust Appointed Battalion Chief of Training

August 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Palm Coast Fire Department proudly announces the appointment of David Faust

The Palm Coast Fire Department today announced the appointment of David Faust as Battalion Chief of Training. In his new role, Faust will lead the department’s efforts to recruit, train, and develop both current and future members of the organization.

Two Defendants in Disturbing Cases Get a Taste of Terence Perkins as Senior Judge: No Bond for You

August 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Circuit Judge Terence Perkins, now a senior judge, has been sitting in for Circuit Judge Dawn Nichols on occasion. (© FlaglerLive)

Retirement isn’t dulling the admonitory edge of Circuit Judge Terence Perkins in his role as senior judge. In a pair of rulings today, Perkins denied bond to two men, one accused of brutalizing his wife after she denied him sex, the other awaiting sentencing on a jury conviction for a hit-and-run crash that left the victim mangled and unable to work for months. 

Sheriff Recognizes 911 Dispatcher Megan Flores and Deputies Manka and Held Who Saved 9-Year-Old Boy

August 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Included in the ceremony was the presentation of a Life Saving Award to deputies and a call taker who worked together to save the life of a 10-year-old boy. The boy and his family were in attendance during the ceremony.

On May 8 Flagler County 911 dispatcher Megan Flores got a call about a 9-year-old boy who wasn’t breathing. She dispatched deputies and paramedics while continuing to issue instructions to family members by phone. When Sheriff’s deputy Christopher Nguyen arrived, he immediately used his automated external defibrillator (AED) as deputies Kyle Manka and Sierra Held assisted and cared for two other children at the scene. By the time the boy was on his way to the hospital, he was conscious and breathing.

New York Latest State to Offer Free Phone Calls from Prison

August 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

It can get expensive. The phones above are part of a video-phone bank at the county jail that does not charge for use. (© FlaglerLive)

New York will offer free phone calls to people incarcerated in its state prisons starting Aug. 1, becoming the sixth state to do so. The change is projected to save roughly 30,000 families across the state an estimated $13.3 million per year in phone call fees, according to Worth Rises, a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to dismantling the prison industry. New York joins California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Minnesota in offering free phone calls in state prisons.

Keep Your ICE Raids Out of Our Schools

August 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

ICE storm troopers in a so-called Removal Operations in Los Angeles in June. (Wikimedia Commons)

Immigration raids have escalated — often under questionable pretenses. This spring, immigration agents tried to enter two elementary schools in Los Angeles. At the door, agents said they wanted to determine students’ well-being and claimed to have authorization from the children’s caretakers. Administrators denied them entry — and when they spoke with caretakers later, they learned that agents had lied about receiving permission.

‘Yes, We Signed the Damn Thing Because We Really Had To,’ Orlando Mayor Says of Forced Transports for ICE

August 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings signed an updated agreement with U.S. Immigration and Enforcement (ICE) on Friday, although he later said he did so under “protest and extreme duress.” It came days after Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier threatened the mayor and all six county commissioners that their failure to do so would result in their removal from office by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

DeSantis Sours on ICE Poaching Local Police with $50,000 Bonuses

August 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday encouraged sheriffs and police chiefs to fight to keep staff members as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeks to recruit Florida officers who recently completed immigration-enforcement training. DeSantis said he had not seen an ICE recruitment letter that offers a $50,000 signing bonus to recruits who work five years, but he questioned the need to “poach our people who are already in the fight.”

Zakrzewski Killed for Murdering His Family, and DeSantis Sets Modern-Day Record for Executions in a Year

August 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Edward Zakrzewski,

Edward Zakrzewski was executed Thursday evening for the 1994 murders of his wife and two children in their Okaloosa County home, as Florida set a modern-era record for executions in a year. Zakrzewski, 60, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. at Florida State Prison, according to the state Department of Corrections. He was the ninth inmate put to death by lethal injection this year. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed death warrants for two more executions in August.

Flagler Turtle Patrol and County Fire Rescue Save 5 Hatchlings on A1A

July 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Rescue in progress. (Flagler County)

Five leatherback sea turtle hatchlings are in the care of Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience following their harrowing journey across State Road A1A near Beverly Beach and became trapped in two storm drains at the Oceanside Condominiums.

16 Years in Prison for Justin Maddox, 32, in Overdose Death of Jeremy Kocorowski, 40

July 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Indicted on a capital murder charge for his role in the drug-overdose death of 40-year-old Jeremy Kocorowski of Bunnell in March 2024, Justin Maddox, 32, of Palm Coast, was sentenced today to 16 years in prison in a plea deal that reduced the charge to manslaughter. “Addiction is a disease,” the victim’s mother told the court in a statement she read after the sentencing. “But exploiting someone who’s struggling is not.  it is predatory. It is lethal. And in this case, it was murder.”

Justices Will Publicly Reprimand Broward Judge Stefanie Moon

July 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Judge Stephanie Moon. (Facebook)

As part of discipline that also included a 10-day suspension, Broward County Circuit Judge Stefanie Moon will go before the Florida Supreme Court on Sept. 9 for a public reprimand, the court said Tuesday.

DeSantis Signs 11th Death Warrant of Year: Curtis Windom, 1992 Murderer of 3

July 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Curtis Windom.

Continuing to quickly order executions, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a death warrant for a man convicted of killing three people in 1992 in Orange County. Curtis Windom, 59, is scheduled to be executed Aug. 28 at Florida State Prison. Windom would be the 11th inmate executed this year in the state — a record-breaking pace.

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