Inside Scoop

K9 Code is on the case: LCSO’s newest pup has a nose for electronics
TAVARES, Fla.—There’s a new pup strutting his stuff through Lake County, sniffing out electronics and working economic crimes, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

1 dead, 1 seriously injured in crash near Umatilla Friday night
UMATILLA, Fla.—The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a single-car crash that killed one man and seriously injured another man Friday night. A 10 p.m., a

Eustis man arrested for exposing himself…again
EUSTIS, Fla.—A Eustis man was arrested Friday, accused of exposing himself, and this isn’t the first time. Around 7:30 a.m. Eustis Police Department responded to

Deputies: Brother-in-law accused of killing Eustis woman, held on federal immigration warrant
TAVARES, Fla.—An arrest warrant has been obtained for the brother-in-law of a Eustis woman found murdered in May. Monica Islam, 44, was found shot to

Eustis man sentenced to 15 years in prison in ‘23 drug trafficking case
TAVARES, Florida— A man arrested many times for multiple felonies but seldom convicted in past cases, was convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to 15

Leesburg schools locked down Thursday after report of “possibly” armed person
LEESBURG, Fla.—A report of person who was possibly armed locked down an elementary school and a middle school in Leesburg Thursday morning, according to Leesburg