U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida Roger Handberg hosted special agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Internal Revenue Service in Orlando for a Thursday news conference to announce the takedown of members in a yearslong, California-sourced drug trafficking conspiracy.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed an executive order that set dates in 2023 for a special election in House District 24.

A Gibsonton resident charged in 2017 for distributing and possessing child pornography was sentenced Tuesday to five years in federal prison.

A Full Sail University student accused of hitting an officer with a skateboard in the siege at the Capitol on Jan. 6 will be released from the Orange County jail, according to court records.

WASHINGTON – As thousands of people get vaccinated every day the U.S. Justice Department is warning about a new scheme to dupe people out of their money. According to the department, it has received numerous reports of fraudsters creating fake COVID-19 vaccine surveys for people to fill out with the promise of a prize or cash -- but the survey-takers aren’t rewarded. Instead, the schemers use the survey to steal someone’s personal information and in some cases money. The messages say survey-takers only need to pay shipping and handling fees to receive their prize, according to investigators. Unless from a known and verified source, consumers should never click on links in text messages or emails claiming to be a vaccine survey, the DOJ warns.

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg was indicted in federal court Tuesday on charges of stalking and unlawful use of means to identify another person in an attempt to upset a fellow candidate, according to court records filed in the Middle District of Florida. Greenberg is accused of spreading false information about a political opponent who worked at a Seminole County school and attempting to cause “substantial emotional distress,” documents show. Greenberg’s arrest this morning came as a surprise to all of us in the office,” said Brian Bieber, the attorney representing the Seminole County Tax Collector’s Office. Greenberg, 35, has been the tax collector in Seminole County since January 2017 and is no stranger to controversy. Early in his post, Greenberg trespassed a Seminole County commissioner and in 2018 came under fire for sharing an anti-Muslim Facebook post.