SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The school district where the Florida high school massacre happened defended its controversial student diversion program Thursday, telling a commission investigating the shooting ...

Video above: Developers unveil new Boca Raton government campus plan ahead of January voteA South Florida man accused of sending antisemitic text messages entered a pre-trial diversion ...

A Jupiter contractor could avoid prosecution after allegedly pocketing thousands of dollars and not completing a job.On Oct. 17, Michael S. Fenton agreed to enter a pretrial intervention program with ...

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Florida law enforcement officials were praised Tuesday for implementing programs that offer civil citations instead of arrests for minor and non-violent offenses. Florida’s Direct Action & Research ...

(The Center Square) – A recent report by the Florida Legislature's research arm found that taxpayers pay $47 million for pretrial diversion programs that serve 69,000 offenders. These programs ...

Story updated at 2:15 p.m. With 21 inmates having died in Broward jails over the last five years, the NAACP this month asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the Broward Sheriff's Office.

ORANGE AND OSCEOLA HAS PROMISED TO SUSPEND SOME PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAMS, WHICH HELPS FIRST TIME OFFENDERS AVOID CONVICTIONS AND CRIMINAL RECORDS. BUT WESH 2 NEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER GREG BOX ...

Faith leaders and criminal justice organizations from across the state met virtually Tuesday evening to acknowledge local law enforcement leaders for sticking to an agreement to replace arrests with ...

A group of homeless individuals uses the shade of a couple of palm trees on North Paramore Ave. in Downtown Orlando, Florida. Amid fears that a new state law criminalizes those who sleep outside, ...

Williamson County commissioners have renewed a 911 dispatch diversion agreement aimed at helping first responders’ handling ...