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EUSTIS, Florida—Patients and visitors to a local healthcare facility got a quite a scare Wednesday morning when a car drove into the building, according to Eustis Police Department. Only Inside Lake was on scene just after a 79-year-old Tavares woman told police she was “trying to park and the car lunged forward,” at AdventHealth Well 65+, 2906 David Walker Drive, Eustis around 9 a.m. She was not injured. The Suzuki sedan entered the building in a conference room where a man was on a Zoom call and he saw the car coming at him in the camera, EPD said. He

EUSTIS, Florida—The toddler struck Thursday afternoon in the driveway of a home in Eustis has passed away, Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri said Friday morning. The boy was airlifted to Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando around 2:45 p.m. Thursday after he was struck by a full-size truck being driven by a family member, EPD Capt. Jon Fahning told Inside Lake. The boy, who is not being publicly identified, darted in front of the truck when the family member was moving the truck to the back of the property on Bates Avenue near Eustis Middle School. The driver believed the child

Update: 10:45 a.m. Friday. The boy has passed away, according to EPD Chief Craig Capri. See below for our updated story. EUSTIS, Florida—A toddler was airlifted to Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando after he was struck by a vehicle being driven by a family member, according to Eustis Police Department. The boy, who is not being publicly identified at this time, darted in front of a full-size truck being driven by a member of his family around 2:30 p.m. in the driveway of the home on Bates Avenue, Capt. Jon Fahning told Inside Lake. A Eustis Police officer was in

EUSTIS, Florida—The white powder sent to Eustis High School Monday that caused the school to be placed on lockdown was cornstarch, Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri said. A package was opened shortly before noon Monday and contained an unknown white powder later determined to be cornstarch, Capri said. EHS was placed on lockdown out of abundance of caution, and students and faculty were not in danger, Capri said. “We are following protocol to ensure the safety and students and faculty,” Capri told Inside Lake Monday afternoon.   Eustis Fire Department and Lake EMS also responded to the scene.

EUSTIS, Florida—Eustis Police Department is investigating a suspicious package sent to Eustis High School, Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri told Inside Lake. “Everything is under control concerning the safety of the students,” Capri said. The package was opened shortly before noon Monday and contained an unknown white powder that will be sent to a lab for testing, Capri said. EHS was placed on lockdown, and students and faculty are not in danger, Capri said. “We are following protocol to ensure the safety and students and faculty,” Capri said.   Eustis Fire Department and Lake EMS were also on scene and

EUSTIS, Florida—A former corrections officer is facing charges of aggravated assault and impersonating a law enforcement officer after allegedly threatening to “blow an armored guard’s head off” at a medical marijuana facility Friday afternoon. Eustis Police Department responded to Liberty Health Science Medical Marijuana Dispensary, 15443 U.S. Highway 441 after Michael Craig Shapiro, a former corrections officer for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, reported that an armed subject had entered the dispensary and was possibly a security guard.   EPD arrived and found Shapiro, 39, of Mount Dora, in a silver vehicle blocking a white van; officers spoke to the

EUSTIS, Florida—A man accused of firing several shots not far from Eustis Police Department and pointing a shotgun at an officer Tuesday night is being held at the Lake County Jail on $8,000 bond. EPD officers responded to the 1300 block of South Grove Street shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday after several complaints of shots being fired in the area, according to EPD. An officer spotted Carl Eric Herzberger, 41, carrying a shotgun as he walked down East Atwater Avenue; the officer got out of his patrol vehicle and ordered Herzberger to drop the gun. Herzberger is alleged to have

EUSTIS, Florida-Eustis Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred Thursday afternoon. The shooting was in the parking lot of Lee’s Food Market, 1333 East Orange Avenue according to EPD Chief Craig Capri. The shooting occurred as many residents were awaiting the restoration of services following Hurricane Ian. A male was shot, Capri said. It is an active investigation and no other information has been released. Witnesses on scene, who did not want to be identified, told Inside Lake the altercation started as a fight, a male was pistol whipped and the gun fired, striking him. This has not been