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9-1-1 Call Of Female Shot Near Myung Sung Store In Eustis

The following story was previously published on Lake Legal News. EUSTIS, Florida — Eustis Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred just after 12:30 p.m. near a popular store Monday, said Eustis Police Officer Lauren Brown. At 12:37 p.m. Eustis Police received a 911 call stating a female had been shot near Myung Sung Store at the corner of Palmetto Street and McDonald Avenue. The 32-year-old woman was airlifted to an area hospital for her injuries. She is in stable condition, Brown said. This is ongoing investigation, if you have information; call Eustis Police Department at 352-357-4121.

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Eustis / By / August 30, 2022

Tomorrow’s Broadcast: Dr. Phil Features Lake County’s ‘Murder-For-Hire Plot’ Cheerleader

The following story was previously published on Lake Legal News. UMATILLA, Florida — A local case that received national attention last September will be in the national spotlight again on Thursday. The parents of Alyssa Hatcher, the former Umatilla High School cheerleader who tried to hire two people to murder them, are scheduled to appear on Dr. Phil Thursday, according to the show’s website, drphil.com. In September 2019, the murder-for-hire plot was foiled after a witness came forward and told the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Hatcher paid two different people to murder her parents — one of them a Clermont Police

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Umatilla / By / November 14, 2023

Weeks Of Threats To Shoot Up An Astatula House

The following story was published under a different headline in another publication. ASTATULA, Florida — A Leesburg man who threatened to shoot up his victim’s house for several weeks followed through on his threat Thursday night — the same the day victim attended his daughter’s funeral. According to an arrest affidavit, Groveland Police were investigating the theft of a 2007 Toyota Scion and Bobby Lynn Russell, 25, was named a suspect. About 10 minutes later, the Lake County Communications Center received a report of a drive-by shooting in Astatula and again, Russell was named a suspect. The victim told a

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Astatula / By / November 16, 2021

Meet A Public Information Officer: Lauren Brown

The following story was previously published on Lake Legal News. As a young boy watching airplanes at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines in South Florida, Eustis Police Officer Lauren Brown imagined one day he would be flying one of those planes, but happening upon a vehicle crash changed everything. Born in Jamaica, Brown, 35, moved to Fort Lauderdale when he was only 10 years old. “My parents wanted to get out of there. [They] wanted to give me a better life,” Brown tells Lake Legal News. He had a love of airplanes and wanted to be a pilot, even building model

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Eustis, Features / By / December 30, 2024

Exclusive: Wounded Eustis Police Captain Says, “I Want My Story To Be Told By Me.”

The following story was previously published on Lake Legal News. EUSTIS, Florida — Eustis Police Captain Gary Winheim is grateful to be alive and grateful to the community he serves. “I am humbled by the outpouring of support from the community. [I have] enormous respect for all the fire, medical and law enforcement professionals in the incident. Our community is truly strong.” Just two days after being shot in the neck by an ex-con with a violent history, Winheim, his wife, Stephenie, and their beloved dog Laike sat down in their home with Lake Legal News for an exclusive interview Saturday. “This

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Eustis, Inside Scoop / By / September 19, 2021

Mascotte Police Cruiser Crashes, Burns, Injured Officer Ejected — All As Brazen Pair Loot Police Property

The following story was previously published on Lake Legal News. MASCOTTE, Florida — A pair of accused thieves are behind bars after stealing from a wrecked police cruiser. Shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday, Mascotte Police officers responded to a single-car crash involving a Mascotte Police officer at North Talbott Avenue and East Myers Boulevard in Mascotte. The cruiser — which caught fire — was totaled, the officer badly injured, and numerous items were ejected as a result of the crash, according to arrest affidavits. Police observed Lisa Carol Goodwin, 52, standing around near the crash scene with other civilians, according

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Mascotte / By / November 16, 2021

Ford of Clermont Body Shop Manager Accused of $500,000 Embezzlement

The following story was previously published on Lake Legal News. CLERMONT, Florida – A Clermont man is facing scheme to defraud and grand theft charges after a nearly year-long investigation by Clermont Police revealed he stole more than half a million dollars from his place of employment, according to a probable cause affidavit.   Michael Deardoff, owner of Ford of Clermont, and another individual went to Clermont Police Department in October 2018 to report he suspected his body shop manager, Thomas Joseph Pritchard, 60, was misappropriating funds and claimed he had documentation to prove it. He also told police several employees

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Clermont / By / August 30, 2022

Child Reports Being Molested By Man And Woman — Man Released From Lake County Jail, Woman Remains On “No Bond”

The following story was previously published on Lake Legal News. MINNEOLA, Florida — A woman is behind bars and a man released on $100,000 bond after a child disclosed to a school resource officer she had been molested, according to arrest affidavits. Cassandra Leigh Montgomery, 44, admitted to a Lake County Sheriff’s Office detective that she told the victim — who was 7 years old at the time — to touch Emmanuel Paul Blaise’s penis before Montgomery had sex with him in front of the little girl, according to Montgomery’s arrest affidavit. Due to heavy redaction in the affidavit, it

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Minneola / By / November 16, 2021

Lake Juvenile’s Plot to Kill Parents Foiled

The following story was previously published on Lake Legal News. [09/11/19 1:44 p.m.] UMATILLA, Florida – In a story that has now gained national attention, LLN was the very first to report that one of the the Umatilla High School cheerleader’s intended murder victims – her stepfather – is a Clermont law enforcement officer. Now LLN is the very first to report that this same 17-year-old girl who is accused of plotting to have her mother and stepfather killed is no stranger to the law. LLN was tipped off late Tuesday that Alyssa Hatcher’s stepfather’s guns were stolen last year during one of multiple house parties thrown

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Umatilla / By / November 14, 2023

Inappropriate Teacher-Video Leaks Out To Lake County Students

The following story was previously published on Lake Legal News. [09/06/19 9:45 p.m.] UMATILLA, Florida – Due to the nature of its content, LLN is declining to publish the video itself, to avoid further mental harm to students. However, even a cropped screenshot excerpt of the leaked video reveals that the unnamed woman appeared shocked at the salacious language being used, which is the subject of the ongoing investigation by Lake County Schools. [09/06/19 4:56 p.m.] UMATILLA, Florida – Lt. John Herrell has informed LLN that the LCSO took a report, investigated the matter, and having determined that no criminal violation exists, has referred the matter

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Inside Scoop, Umatilla / By / January 23, 2022
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