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4 days ago
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Suspended Osceola Sheriff Lopez seeks bond reduction after 2 codefendants released from jail
Suspended Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez will seek Wednesday to reduce the $1 million bond on racketeering charges that has kept him in jail nearly a week. A motion filed Tuesday by Lopez's lawyer, Mary Ibrahim, also seeks to modify a condition for his release that his movements be tracked by GPS. On Friday, Ibrahim unsuccessfully tried having Lopez' bond reduced to $50,000 by arguing he shouldn't be treated differently than a regular individual 'just because he has a sheriff's title.' Two women facing trial alongside him with lower bond amounts have already been released. Judge Brian Welke will consider Lopez' motion at a noon hearing. Sharon Fedrick, one of Lopez's alleged co-conspirators, left the Lake County Jail on Monday night after paying a $300,000 bond. Co-defendant Carol Cote paid a $100,000 bond Friday and walked free — the day after all three were arrested. Fedrick was followed by TV news cameras upon release and insisted she was not involved in the alleged scheme. 'Justice will be served,' she said as she walked away. Attempts by the Orlando Sentinel to contact her for further comment have not been successful. Two others implicated in the case, Sheldon Wetherholt and Ying Zhang, have not been arrested. All five face the same state charges — racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering — for what state and federal authorities said was an illegal gambling empire operating out of Osceola and Lake counties. The allegations, for now centered around an illegal casino in Kissimmee called The Eclipse, emerge from a scheme said to have generated more than $21.6 million. It was run out of a commercial building on West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway that has also been an Indian-American-pizza restaurant and hookah bar. Lopez, 56, earned up to $700,000 in cash payments since 2020 while using his position as sheriff to skirt accountability, according to a 255-page affidavit described in court by prosecutors that remains under seal. He was suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis while his case proceeds and replaced by interim Sheriff Christopher Blackmon, the Florida Highway Patrol's Central Florida regional chief. Despite facing the same charges as other defendants, Lopez, elected in 2020 as Osceola County's first Hispanic sheriff, was ordered to pay the heftiest bond. It comes with a court-ordered stipulation the payment must be investigated to ensure funds don't come from illegal sources — a condition not required of prosecutors for Cote or Fedrick, according to court records. Defendants typically can obtain a bond by paying a bonding company 10% of the stated value in the court order. Lopez and his codefendants are scheduled to be arraigned June 30.
Borneo Post
29-04-2025
- Borneo Post
Druggie in Kuching gets five years' jail, one stroke
Fedrick (right) being escorted out of the courtroom at the Kuching Court Complex. – Photo by Kentigern Minggu KUCHING (April 29): A 34-year-old habitual drug user was today sentenced by the Sessions Court here to five years' imprisonment and one stroke of the cane for methamphetamine and amphetamine abuse. Judge Saiful Bahari Adzmi delivered the sentence against Fedrick Steward Mancha, after he pleaded guilty to a charge under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (DDA), punishable under Section 39C(1)(b) of the same Act. Section 15(1)(a) of the DDA 1952 provides for a fine of up to RM5,000, imprisonment for up to two years, or both, while Section 39C(1)(b) prescribes a mandatory custodial sentence of not less than five years and not more than seven years, along with a maximum of three strokes of the cane upon conviction. In passing the sentence, Saiful also ordered Fedrick to undergo supervision for two years after serving his custodial sentence. Fedrick committed the offence at the Padawan District Narcotic Crime Investigation Division at approximately 1.45pm on Dec 30, 2024. He has two prior convictions for similar offence under Section 15(1)(a) of the DDA 1952, dated Jan 26, 2022 and April 19, 2022. Deputy Public Prosecutor Ruvinasini Pandian prosecuted, while Fedrick was unrepresented by legal counsel.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
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Maryland Heights Police Department responds to claims of excessive force in arrest of 3 people
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. – The Maryland Heights Police Department is responding to claims an officer used excessive force during the arrest of three people Tuesday morning. The department claims that a recent video, which surfaced online on Tuesday, does not provide a complete account of the arrest, as they were responding to a report of domestic violence. According to police, officers responded to a report of domestic violence around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at an apartment on Clermont Crossing Court. When officers arrived, the victim told police that her child's father, Joshua Fedrick, 24, had assaulted her, forcefully pulled her into the apartment, and did not allow her to leave. Additionally, the victim told police she had previously tried to report another domestic violence incident on March 23, 2025, but Fedrick did not allow her to come to the door or talk with officers, police said. Police said Fedrick had left the scene in a Silver Mercedes prior to officers arriving at the apartment. After officers spoke with the victim, they determined that Fedrick had an active warrant for his arrest for previously resisting arrest in St. Louis County. Live Blog: Tornado watch issued for the St. Louis region At around 10 a.m. Tuesday, police claim that an officer located Fedrick returning to the apartment in the Mercedes and initiated a traffic stop. When the officer attempted to place Fedrick under arrest for the active warrant and domestic violence claims, police said Fedrick resisted, resulting in a brief struggle before placing him in handcuffs. According to police, Fedrick's sisters, Paige Fedrick, 19, and Parris Fedrick, 26, were arrested at the scene as well. Police claim the two women interfered with the arrest of Fedrick, failed to obey numerous lawful orders, and resisted arrest. After the arrest, Joshua Fedrick was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment before being transferred to the St. Louis County Jail, police said. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged Joshua Fedrick with third-degree domestic assault, second-degree kidnapping, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and felony resisting/interfering with arrest. He is next set to appear in court on April 9 for a bond reduction hearing. Charges for Paige and Parris Fedrick have not been processed yet. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
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Hospital Staff Believed Husband's Death Was Suspicious. An Autopsy Revealed the Unthinkable
A Georgia woman was sentenced to life in prison last week after being found guilty of poisoning her husband to death with a cocktail that contained antifreeze, authorities say. Torrii Fedrick was found guilty following a two-year investigation into her husband Phil Fedrick's death in September 2021, the Thomas County Sheriff's Office confirmed in a statement on Thursday, March 27. Prosecutors said that Phil died from 'ethylene glycol poisoning,' which is a substance commonly found in antifreeze and brake fluid, according to the Thomas County Sheriff's Office. The office said emergency room staff at Archbold Memorial Hospital became suspicious of Fedrick's husband's illness and suspected he was poisoned. Phil died a week after he was rushed to the hospital, according to The Miami Herald. An autopsy later showed he had ingested the chemical often found in antifreeze, the sheriff's office said. Fedrick was found guilty last Thursday of felony malice murder and aggravated assault, WCTV reported. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. The guilty verdict came after the Fedricks' two children appeared to recant information during court testimony that prosecutors said they previously told police during the investigation into their father's death, according to court reporting by The Thomasville Times-Enterprise. The defense argued that the victim's death was a suicide. The Fedricks' children — Phil Jr. and Phil'Nesia — told prosecutors they never saw their father drink the cocktail that investigators say Phil Jr. initially described to police during the death investigation, according to the Times-Enterprise. The newspaper reported that Phil Jr. told prosecutors he had only told investigators what they wanted to hear, an assertion prosecutors pushed back on during his testimony. Investigators never located the antifreeze or the cocktail that Fedrick allegedly gave her husband the night he died, her defense team argued, according to the Times-Enterprise. The outlet reported that Fedrick's sentencing comes with the possibility of parole. PEOPLE reached out to Fedrick's defense attorney for comment this week, but did not immediately receive a reply. If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages. Read the original article on People
