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Trinity Preparatory School teacher Brian Beute speaks to the media outside the federal courthouse in Orlando Monday after Joel Greenberg, the disgraced former Seminole County tax collector, pleaded guilty to six felony crimes.

Joel Greenberg pleads guilty in federal court after striking cooperation deal

May 20, 2021 at 3:34 p.m.

As Joel Greenberg stood inside a federal courtroom pleading guilty as part of a cooperation deal with prosecutors, a plane flying outside towed a banner with an ominous message to...

FILE — In this Sept. 30, 2019, file photo, Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg talks to the Orlando Sentinel during an interview at his office in Lake Mary, Fla. A key figure in the federal investigation of Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges next week. Joel Greenberg will appear Monday in federal court in Orlando, Florida for a change of plea hearing, according to court documents. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

Joel Greenberg to plead guilty to 6 counts, cooperate with federal investigators in plea agreement

May 14, 2021 at 10:06 p.m.

Days before he was first arrested for stalking a political rival, Joel Greenberg was in the midst of preparing a fraudulent application for a COVID-19 relief loan, with the help...

FILE — Former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg talks to the Orlando Sentinel in 2019 during an interview at his office in Lake Mary, Fla. Greenberg has been charged with trafficking a minor, stalking a political opponent, producing fake IDs, identity theft, embezzlement and bribery. But it's his friendship with U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz that is attracting the most attention now as federal investigators have launched a sex trafficking probe into the Republican congressman from the Florida Panhandle.(Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Joel Greenberg set for federal court hearing Monday, expected to plead guilty

May 13, 2021 at 11:18 p.m.

A change of plea hearing has been scheduled for Monday in federal court for Joel Greenberg, the former Seminole County tax collector who resigned in disgrace last June in a...

Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg leaves the federal courthouse in Orlando after making a first appearance following his indictment on a federal stalking charge, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

Joel Greenberg expected to strike plea deal with prosecutors by May 15, attorneys say

April 12, 2021 at 4:35 p.m.

Joel Greenberg, the former Seminole County tax collector and associate of U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges by the middle of next month, his...

Exterior view of the Jolly Gator Fish Camp restaurant in Geneva

Jolly Gator Fish camp offers Florida dining with a view

August 23, 2019 at 5:05 p.m.

The Jolly Gator Fish Camp is easy to miss. There are no large billboards or neon signs leading you to its spot along the banks of the St. Johns River...

Seminole County day trip offers something for everyone

August 23, 2019 at 5:05 p.m.

"Shh, look!" the Canadian visitor said as she pointed to a large alligator slipping into the water and silently swimming across the Wekiva River while we stood on the shoreline....

Boy in Florida gator attack: ‘I felt its jaws’

August 23, 2019 at 1:47 a.m.

It was a hot summer afternoon, and 9-year-old James Barney thought it would be a great idea to park his bike and cool off with a swim in East Lake...

Elgin police official offered controversial post

August 24, 2021 at 3:13 a.m.

Elgin police Deputy Chief Cecil Smith has been offered the job of police chief in Sanford, Fla., the community that drew national controversy over authorities' handling of the shooting death...

Student marchers arrive in Sanford, call for action in Trayvon Martin case

August 23, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

In front of dozens of college students packed into a church sanctuary Sunday night, Sanford City Commissioner Velma Williams said she believes the majority of the city's police officers are...

Trayvon Martin case: Sanford commission votes ‘no confidence’ in police chief

August 23, 2019 at 1:19 a.m.

SANFORD — Sanford city commissioners have voted "no confidence" in police Chief Bill Lee Jr., who has been publicly lambasted for his department's handling of the fatal shooting of Miami...

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