by Bob Norman | Oct 31, 2023
On paper, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno and alleged serial swindler Malek Khalil line up as natural adversaries, not friends. Marceno is a popular lawman who grandstands over drug offenders and other defendants sent to the Lee County Jail, or “Marceno’s Motel,”...
by Bob Norman | Sep 1, 2023
When Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno needs to unwind, he likes to gamble – and his financial disclosure forms indicate it’s been an extremely lucrative vice for him. When Marceno filed his 2022 financial disclosure forms with the state last month, he listed...
by Bob Norman | Aug 22, 2023
When a pregnant woman walks into the state-subsidized Pregnancy Help and Information Center (PHI) in Tallahassee for help, she’ll likely get a dose of Christian preaching with her ultrasound. That’s because PHI doubles as a Christian ministry. Its CEO, Patti Tidwell,...
by Rachel Heimann Mercader | Aug 10, 2023
An investigation by the Florida Elections Commission found that Collier County Commissioner Chris Hall violated the state’s election code during his campaign last year. Hall’s campaign ads falsely implied he was the incumbent in the District 2 race rather than a...
by Susan Clark Armstrong | Jul 25, 2023
It’s a straight-to-the-heart motto that has helped non-profit K9’s For Warriors raise more than $130 million from donors: “We rescue the dog and the dog rescues the veteran.” The Ponte Vedra-based charity promises donors that their money will be used to rescue dogs...
by Florida Trident staff | Jul 17, 2023
A Circuit Court judge on Monday morning issued an oral ruling that will unseal public records involving the investigation of two Daytona Beach Shores police officers who hand-cuffed their three-year-old son and twice briefly confined him in a city holding cell in a...