Dana Cassidy
Dana is a reporter for WUFT News who can be reached by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.
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The Air Force was preparing to indict Staff Sgt. Dairian D. James of Panama City last month on criminal charges of stealing more than $30,000 worth of government property from Tyndall Air Force Base east of Panama City but the legal proceedings were delayed due to the pandemic. James’ indictment could be delayed weeks longer.
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If former felons can cast a ballot, should they be allowed to foster or adopt a child?
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Law enforcement officials in Florida are cracking down on alleged price gougers during the pandemic emergency, shutting down online sales or auctions, and pursuing virus-related frauds.
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The 2017 law allows the University of Florida to withhold details of its emergency plans – or even whether it has any.
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Chief Justice Charles Canady of the Florida Supreme Court issued a new order this week suspending all civil and criminal jury trials and grand jury proceedings statewide through at least April 17.
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As Florida's confirmed cases of the coronavirus pandemic rise, the risk of the disease spreading within state prisons and jails is causing officials to rethink how Florida keeps its criminals behind bars.
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As Florida's Legislature finishes its work in the Capitol, efforts fizzled to reduce prison sentences for non-violent offenders and otherwise reform the state's broken prison system.
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One of the first bills in the 2020 legislative session signed into law will ensure no homeowners association, condominium or community entity can prevent officers from parking patrol cars where they can legally park any other vehicle.
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Florida lawmakers are considering a pair of bills that would lift the statute of limitations for victims of child sex abuse and establish a Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights.
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Difficult experiences as a Florida correctional officer are driving serious problems in the state’s prisons: Florida can’t hire enough guards, can’t keep employed the guards it hires, copes with frequent cases of guards accused of abusing inmates and struggles to accommodate the emotional trauma that guards sometimes say they suffer behind bars.