ORLANDO, Fla. — A former top aide to Gov. Ron DeSantis landed a $6,500-a-month public relations deal with the Orange-Osceola state attorney’s office to handle communications work in the wake of Monique Worrell’s suspension. Taryn Fenske’s company, TMF Communications, made $26,689 off the contract with State Attorney Andrew Bain, state records show. DeSantis appointed Bain to the post on Aug. .
An Orange County deputy sheriff indicted in the 2020 non-fatal shooting of an unarmed man will not be prosecuted for his actions, as Orange-Osceola State Attorney Andrew Bain has decided to overrule the grand jury that faulted the deputy’s use of force. Bruce Stolk had been awaiting trial for nearly two years since a grand jury charged the deputy with aggravated battery for shooting Edenilson .
Orange-Osceola prosecutors have withdrawn from the latest effort to exonerate Tommy Zeigler, who has been sitting on death row for decades for the grisly murders of four people, including his wife and in-laws. The move comes months after State Attorney Monique Worrell requested the court and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office release fingerprints collected at the scene of the 1975 murders to a .