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A Eustis teen was arrested for kidnapping, along with Joe Trejo, seen here, and Lennys Cotto, both of Ocala. PHOTO: Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office

Teen reported missing from Eustis arrested in Panhandle kidnapping, 2 adults also facing charges

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FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla.—A Eustis teenager has been arrested for kidnapping and lying to cops in the Panhandle, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) said Wednesday.

Kaylynn Corsi, 17, was arrested Monday, along with Lennys Cotto, 30, and Joe Trejo, 27, both of Ocala, for their roles in the kidnapping of a man who was beaten multiple times before escaping his captors early Monday morning.

According OCSO, a group of masked, armed individuals entered a home on Mooney Road near Fort Walton Beach around 2:45 a.m. The intruders beat and pepper sprayed one of the occupants and then forced him into a car. They took the victim to a trailer on Carlos Drive and beat him again before he escaped and ran to a convenience store on Racetrack Road.

Deputies arrived at the store and found the victim bleeding and bruised, and he was transported to a local hospital for treatment. He told deputies the suspects said they were looking for someone, but he did not have answers to their questions, OCSO said.

While deputies were investigating the incident at the Mooney Road home, Corsi, Cotto and Trejo returned to the home and were taken into custody. Cotto and Trejo were arrested for armed burglary and kidnapping, and Corsi was arrested for kidnapping and giving a false name to law enforcement.

Corsi was reported as missing/runaway late last year. Corsi and Melianis Cardona-Cruz, age unavailable, were last seen walking eastbound on Orange Avenue in Eustis Nov. 30, 2024. If you have information on Cardona-Cruz’ whereabouts, call Eustis Police Department at 352-483-5400.

 

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Brett Baldwin, left; Nicole Baldwin, right.

Husband of missing Mount Dora mom convicted on federal child porn charges

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OCALA, Fla.—The husband of missing Mount Dora mom Nicole Baldwin has been convicted of four child pornography charges in federal court.

Late last month, Brett Baldwin was found guilty of one count of possession of child pornography depicting a prepubescent minor and three counts of receipt of child pornography by United States District Judge Thomas Barber during a bench trial, according to documents obtained by Inside Lake.

Nicole Baldwin

Investigators seized Baldwin’s phone Nov. 28, 2023 in their search for his missing wife Nicole – the same day they searched the home in Mount Dora they shared with their children. It is unknown if investigators found any evidence pertaining to Nicole, but after being missing for more than 18 months, she has not been found, and no one has been charged in her disappearance.

Investigators did find 31 child pornography images on Baldwin’s phone, and he was arrested Dec. 14, 2023, at his mother’s home in Sumter County. In an interview with investigators, Baldwin admitted possessing the child pornography and said it was for “research purposes.” A second phone belonging to Baldwin was also searched and additional child pornography images were found. He was later indicted on four charges stemming from evidence on both phones and has been held on no bond since his arrest.

Investigators search Brett Baldwin’s mother’s home in Sumter County in December 2023.
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According to courts documents, Baldwin waived a jury trial, and opted for the case to be decided by Barber. On March 27, Barber found Baldwin guilty after a 10-minute bench trial, according to court documents.

Nicole Baldwin, 41, was last seen Nov. 2, 2023, at her Strathmore Circle home in Mount Dora and reported missing on Nov. 5, 2023. She was originally classified as “missing and endangered,” but a search warrant later stated police were looking for evidence in a second-degree murder investigation. Multiple searches were conducted for Nicole, including one March 24, in the area of Thrill Hill Road and County Road 44A, City of Mount Dora Spokesperson Misty Sommer told Inside Lake last month. No evidence was found. If you have information on Nicole Baldwin’s disappearance, call Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS.

Brett Baldwin is scheduled to be sentenced in Ocala federal court on the child pornography charges July 25.

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Purple Alert canceled, missing man found in Leesburg

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Update: 9:45 p.m. Mark Lang has been found safe at Gateway Plaza in Leesburg, according to LPD. Lt. Shannon Walsh. 

LEESBURG, Fla.—Leesburg Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing man.

A Purple Alert has been issued for Mark Lang, 64,  who is described as a white male, 125 pounds, 5 feet, 11 inches tall, with gray hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a blue shirt with a fishing design, black dress pants and black Skechers shoes. He walks with a stagger that may cause him to drag his legs. Lang may be driving a white 2015 Nissan Rogue, license plate 05ARHB, with numerous stickers on the rear windshield and rear fender, including a Star Trek sticker and a Florida Panthers sticker. The Nissan also has a dent in the area of the driver’s side headlight.

A Florida Purple Alert is used to assist in the location of missing adults suffering from a mental or cognitive disability, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. (FDLE.)

If you have any information on Lang’s whereabouts, call LPD at 352-787-2121.

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James "Jim" Mackey

Purple Alert issued for missing Mount Dora man

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MOUNT DORA, Fla.—Mount Dora Police Department is searching for a man who has been missing since Sunday.

James “Jim” Mackey was reported missing shortly before 11:45 p.m. Sunday and was last seen leaving Chacall Loop in his grey 2014 Ford Taurus, license plate 83DIWH and was traveling in the direction of Natoma Boulevard in the Summerbrooke neighborhood, according to MDPD.

James “Jim” Mackey’s Ford Taurus.

Mackey has multiple health conditions, including diabetes, glaucoma with blindness in his left eye and is in the early stages of dementia.

He is 5’9”, 198 pounds, with blue eyes and grey hair with a buzz cut. He was last seen wearing a blue shirt and grey shorts. He does not have his phone with him.

If have information on Mackey’s whereabouts, call MDPD at 352-735-7130.

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Mount Dora police searching for young man last seen Friday night

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Update: Nathaniel Woods was found safe in Ocala. 

MOUNT DORA, Fla.—Mount Dora Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a young man who was last seen Friday night.

Nathaniel E. Woods, 23, was reported missing around 9 a.m. Sunday and was last seen Friday evening by family members, MDPD said in a missing person bulletin posted on its social media account.

Woods is described as a black male, 5 feet, 10 inches tall, 150 pounds with brown eyes, and bald. He is believed to be driving a grey Pontiac sedan, license plate 86BHZC.

If you have information on Woods’ whereabouts, call MDPD’s Criminal Investigations Unit at 352-735-7130.

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Tavares brothers-in-law found safe in Miami

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TAVARES, Fla.—The two Tavares men reported missing have been found, according to Tavares Police Department.

Richard Weis, 85, and his brother-in-law Charles Constable, 67, were located in Miami and are alive and safe, TPD Public Information Officer Courtney Sullivan told Inside Lake.

No other information was available at press time.

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Major law enforcement presence in missing Mount Dora mom’s former neighborhood Friday

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MOUNT DORA, Fla.—Multiple law enforcement agencies could be seen Friday searching multiple bodies of water in the neighborhood where Mount Dora mom Nicole Baldwin was reported missing in November 2023.

Dive teams from several Central Florida sheriff’s offices converged on Lancaster at Loch Leven beginning around 8 a.m. Friday and searched multiple bodies of water and retention ponds near Strathmore Circle where Baldwin was reported missing by her daughter Alisha Baldwin in early November 2023, Mount Dora Police Department Spokesperson Misty Sommer told Inside Lake Friday. Dive teams from Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, Groveland Fire Department, and Search and Rescue of Central Florida, according to LCSO.

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Numerous residents reached out to Inside Lake Friday morning concerned about the large law enforcement presence in their neighborhood. This search comes less than week after another large-scale ground search was conducted Saturday in east Eustis, also with multiple agencies, Sommer told Inside Lake last week.

Baldwin, 41, who has been missing for nearly six months, is described as 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 135 pounds, with brown and dyed blonde hair and hazel eyes. If you have information on Baldwin’s disappearance, call Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS. Crimeline callers can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward.

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Silver Alert issued for 2 Tavares men

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Update: Richard Weis, 85, and his brother-in-law Charles Constable, 67, were located in Miami and are alive and safe.

TAVARES, Fla.—Tavares Police Department is searching for two men who were last seen in Altamonte Springs around 1:30 p.m. Thursday, according to TPD Spokesperson Courtney Sullivan

Tavares residents Richard Weis, 85, and his brother-in-law Charles Constable, 67, are believed to be traveling in a grey 2019 Jeep Cherokee Limited with license plate Z7XKE and dark tinted windows and a “Sheriffs 2024” sticker on the driver side rear window.

Weis has undiagnosed dementia and is described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall, 185 pounds and was wearing a green plaid shirt and possibly grey shorts.

Constable has been diagnosed with dementia and is also described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall, 185 pounds and was wearing a black sweatshirt with blue plaid pajama pants.

If you see Weis or Constable, call 911, or you have non-emergency information, call the Lake County Sheriff’s Office at 352-343-2101, option 4.

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GRAPHIC: Marilyn M. Aciego/Inside Lake

Multiple law enforcement agencies search for missing Mount Dora mom Saturday

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EUSTIS, Fla.—Only Inside Lake was on the scene as a large search was conducted Saturday by multiple law enforcement agencies for Mount Dora missing mom Nicole Baldwin.

Law enforcement officers and volunteers searched areas near the east side of Eustis for Baldwin, who has been missing since early November 2023. Inside Lake witnessed searchers on foot, along with additional searchers on ATVs and horses. The search spanned several hours and ended early in the afternoon Saturday.

PHOTO: Marilyn M. Aciego/Inside Lake

The search was planned for at least several weeks and a search of that magnitude involves a lot of preparation to coordinate with multiple agencies and units, MDPD Spokesperson Misty Sommer told Inside Lake.

“At this point in the investigation, Mount Dora Police Department is looking into all possible scenarios related to the search of Nicole Baldwin. This included a search, with our partner agencies, of nearby vacant lands that are in close proximity to her last known residence,” Sommer said.

Baldwin was last seen Nov. 2, 2023, at her Strathmore Circle home in Mount Dora and reported missing on Nov. 5, 2023. She was originally classified as “missing and endangered,” but a search warrant later stated police were looking for evidence in a second-degree murder investigation.

PHOTO: Marilyn M. Aciego/Inside Lake

This is the latest in a case that has seen many twists and turns; Baldwin’s husband, Brett, was arrested Dec.14, 2023 on federal child pornography charges and has been held on no bond in the Marion County Jail since his arrest. In January, investigators with MDPD and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement executed an electronics search warrant at the home of Terri Rogers, a volunteer and missing persons advocate who led several public searches for Baldwin. Rogers, who spoke exclusively with Inside Lake following the search, said investigators seized her phone, home security cameras, laptops and Amazon Alexa devices, among other electronics. Rogers has never been charged with a crime in this case.

Baldwin, 41, is described as a white female, 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 135 pounds with brown and dyed blonde hair, and hazel eyes. If you have information on Baldwin’s disappearance, call Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS. Crimeline callers can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward.

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