Seminole County Sheriff's Office

Suspect arrested in Winter Park carjacking

2013-05-15 08:14:30

A carjacking between people who knew each other led to a car chase through two counties that ended in Winter Park this morning, deputies said. The Seminole County Sheriff's Office was investigating a report of a carjacking near Granada South in Altamonte...

Deputies: Man stalked woman at hearings, asked her probation officer and court officials to intervene

2013-05-13 11:10:00

Deputies say a Sanford man stalked a woman he met at the jail, sent her hundreds of text messages, showed up at her court hearings, and even tried to get the woman's probation officer and court officials to intervene on his behalf. Carmine Michael...

Seminole teacher in sex case gets bond

2013-05-11 16:44:05

Lyman High School teacher Scott Kimbrough was granted $30,000 bond Saturday morning after his second arrest on child-sex-abuse charges, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office said. Kimbrough was ordered to wear a GPS-monitoring device if he makes bail....

Seminole math teacher re-arrested after 2nd student said he had sex with her

2013-05-10 16:39:00

A Seminole County high school teacher who was arrested and accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student was re-arrested Friday after a second female student told investigators they had a sexual relationship when she was 15....

Suspected bank robber in hospital after car crash

2013-05-11 07:16:27

A suspected bank robber is in the hospital Saturday but will be transported to jail later in the day, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office said. Two men were arrested Friday after Seminole County deputies said they robbed a bank near Lake Mary and...

Seminole deputies need help finding bank robbery suspect

2013-05-09 09:18:32

Seminole County deputies are asking for the public's assistance in identifying a man who robbed a Chase Bank in the 5600 block of Red Bug Lake Road in Winter Springs Wednesday afternoon. The man is about 6 feet tall, 170 pounds, with blond hair and a...

School reopened after smoke smell reported

2013-05-07 07:09:29

Part of a Seminole County elementary school was evacuated Tuesday morning after the smell of smoke was reported, officials said. A possible electrical fire in the guidance department at Lake Mary Elementary School on Country Club Road was reported around...

Man acquitted in laser pointing case

2013-05-03 10:28:00

A man accused of aiming a laser pointer at a helicopter was acquitted by an Orlando federal judge, court records show. Dimitry Maksimchuk was indicted last year and charged with pointing a laser at a Seminole County Sheriff's Office aircraft July 17....

Seminole State student attacked by man in stairwell on campus

2013-05-02 09:25:43

A Seminole State College student was attacked on the Sanford/Lake Mary campus last week, according to a statement from the school. The woman was waiting for class around 8:30 a.m. on April 24 when a man asked her to take a walk, she told officials....

Police: Robbers followed, robbed Volusia woman at gunpoint at fast-food restaurant

2013-05-01 10:43:39

Volusia County law enforcement arrested two people and are looking for a third in connection with an overnight armed robbery after they led deputies on a chase, with speeds in excess of 100 mph, into Seminole County, officials said. Cheyna Hinton, 20, of...

Prosecutors add George Zimmerman's wife, mom, brother to witness list

2013-04-19 10:45:00

Prosecutors have added George Zimmerman's wife, mother and brother to their witness list in the Trayvon Martin second-degree murder case, according to paperwork made public today. It's not clear what testimony they might offer that would help convict...

Lawmakers finally moving to ban storefront casinos

2013-03-15 15:43:00

If it looks like gambling, acts like gambling and feels like gambling, we don't need a pit boss to tell us what's going on. Seminole County knows it. The county has fought against strip-mall casinos for years, banning them and then waging a court...

Photo: Seminole County Sheriff's Office

2012-11-12 04:40:00

The new Seminole County Sheriff's Office bloodhound puppy will be named by the community.

2012-06-18 14:03:00

Professional wrestler Scott Hall was arrested at the Hitching Post Bar in Chuluota, Florida, on May 14, 2010, according to the Seminole County Sheriff's Office .

2010-05-20 00:00:00