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Day 3: Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri Tour De Force NY 9/11 Memorial Bike Ride

Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri shared photos exclusively for the third day with Inside Lake from the 9/11 memorial bicycle ride with Tour De Force NY from Boston to New York City to honor those lost Sept. 11, 2001. These photos are from his third leg of the trip; he cycled 79 miles from Orient Point, New York to Melville, New York. 

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Eustis, Inside Scoop / By / September 14, 2021

Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri Tour De Force NY 9/11 Memorial Bike Ride: Day 2

Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri shared photos exclusively with Inside Lake from the 9/11 memorial bicycle ride with Tour De Force NY from Boston to New York City to honor those lost Sept. 11, 2001. These photos are from his second leg of the trip; he traveled 84 miles from Warwick, Rhode Island to Foxwoods, Connecticut. 

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Eustis, Inside Scoop / By / September 13, 2021

Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri Tour De Force NY 9/11 Memorial Bike Ride: Day 1

Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri shared photos from his first day of the memorial bicycle ride from Boston to New York City to honor those lost Sept. 11, 2001. Capri battled many hills during his 64-mile ride on the first segment of his journey Saturday, he told Inside Lake.

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Eustis, Inside Scoop / By / November 16, 2021

Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri To Honor His Fallen Brothers And Sisters On Sept. 11th

EUSTIS, Florida— Honoring his fallen brothers and sisters in blue is something that is close to Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri’s heart and on Saturday he will ride his bicycle with Tour de Force from Boston to New York City to pay his respects to the nearly 3,000 people lost in the terrorist attacks two decades ago. Capri, an avid cyclist, joined the group nine years ago and has participated in numerous rides, he told Inside Lake. “It raises awareness for (law enforcement officers) killed in the line of duty.” Along with increasing awareness, the nonprofit organization also raises money for families

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Eustis, Inside Scoop / By / November 16, 2021

Breaking The Glass: LCSO Makes History With First Female Captain

The following story was published under a different headline in another publication.   LEESBURG, Florida — History was made Wednesday as longtime Lake County Sheriff’s deputy Christie Mysinger was appointed as the first-ever female captain at LCSO at a ceremony at Leesburg High School. LCSO Sheriff Peyton Grinnell is the first sheriff to appoint a woman to his command staff. “It’s history in the making, “ Grinnell told Lake Legal News. He said he chose Mysinger for a number of reasons, including her college education and her ability to think outside the box. “She has excelled in everything she has been assigned to,” he

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Inside Scoop, Leesburg, Tavares / By / September 13, 2021

Victims In Fruitland Park Barricade Themselves Until Police Arrive — Man Had Machete, Yelling Religious Chants

FRUITLAND PARK, Florida — A man who has been booked into the Lake County Jail 17 times since 2012 was arrested again Monday after allegedly yelling religious chants at a pair of brothers while pacing around them with a machete. Shortly before 3:30 p.m. Monday, Fruitland Park Police responded to Finch’s U Store-It, 2281 U.S. Highway 27-441, Fruitland Park and found Preston Wade Greenlee, 50, walking around his truck, talking to himself, according to an arrest affidavit. An FPPD officer patted Greenlee down and did not find any weapons on Greenlee’s person, but when asked if he had a machete;

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Fruitland Park, Inside Scoop / By / November 10, 2025

Mount Dora Traffic Fatality: Wife And Children Open Up About Losing A Man Who Was “Just Amazing”

The following story was previously published on Lake Legal News.  EUSTIS, Florida — Seventeen years ago Adrick Rojas pushed his best friend’s sister down on a bed and kissed her. And there began a love story spanning nearly two decades that included the couple moving to Lake County and bringing four children into this world who are loved dearly. “Our first kiss! We were sitting in my brother’s room and my brother walked out for whatever reason. Adrick pushed me down on the bed and kissed me! Then [he] looked at me and yelled, ‘You kissed me!” “I didn’t kiss you! You kissed me!”

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Eustis, Features, Inside Scoop, Mount Dora / By / September 19, 2021

Man Ejected, Dies, In Mount Dora SUV Rollover — Witness Reports Failed Attempt To Pass Another Vehicle

The following story was previously published on Lake Legal News. MOUNT DORA, Florida — A single-vehicle crash that shut down a popular roadway for several hours Sunday night claimed the life of a 36-year-old man, according to Mount Dora Public Information Officer Lisa McDonald. Witnesses told Mount Dora Police Adrick Rojas, was driving southbound around 80 miles per hour, near 4150 Highway 19A in a 2001 black Ford Expedition around 6:45 p.m. Sunday when he attempted to pass another driver. He crossed over the double line, lost control and rolled the SUV three times, McDonald said in a press release.

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Inside Scoop, Mount Dora / By / September 19, 2021

Clermont van driver under investigation for crash near Mount Dora, Tavares motorcyclist dies

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on Lake Legal News on March 18, 2020.  MOUNT DORA, Florida — A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday after a van ran a stop sign, near the Lake County and Orange County line, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Steven Winters, 38, of Tavares was riding a 2020 Harley Davidson motorcycle southbound on U.S. Highway 441 when a 2002 Ford van being driven by Daniel Meeks, 55, of Clermont ran a stop sign while attempting to make a left turn to travel westbound onto to Old U.S. Highway 441. The front of the motorcycle struck

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Clermont, Inside Scoop, Tavares / By / November 16, 2025

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

Sheriff Chris Daniels

This Article was First Published in Lake Legal News in August 2016 — Issue No. 27. LAKE LEGAL NEWS EDITOR’S PROLOGUE: Our LLN associate editor, Marilyn M. Aciego, worked for a local newspaper in 2006. Just a few months after she was promoted to the Lake County, Florida, police beat, the county experienced a year its citizens would never forget. On an August day in 2006, Marilyn found out she was pregnant with her only child on the very same day that little Trenton Duckett was reported missing. Marilyn would become a frequent guest on Nancy Grace to discuss the nationwide story and just a

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Inside Scoop / By / November 16, 2021

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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