Judge Larry Metz put a plea deal on hold and ordered a presentence investigation in the case of Heather Finley who is facing four counts of vehicular homicide.
Authorities have arrested a second suspect in the slaying of a man found shot to death on Aug. 4 in Leesburg. Jeron Johnson has been charged with murder.
HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS Anthony Sabatini is running for Congress.
Sabatini, a member of the Florida House of Representatives, made the announcement Monday to a crowd of about 350 supporters at his parents restaurant, J.B. Boondock s. Florida is the freest state in the nation and we work hard to make it that way and keep it that way, he said. But now we need to take some of that fight to Congress, to Washington, D.C. We have never, ever in American history face a moment like this. Everything the Founding Fathers believe in is on the line right now in politics.
In the crowd were familiar faces in local politics: County Commissioners Josh Blake and Leslie Campione, Property Appraiser Carey Baker, Eustis Mayor Michael Holland and Ralph Smith, a Tavares commissioner and the Lake County Republican Party s chairman. Also in attendance: Sabatini s wife, Francheska, the county party s state committeewoman.
Sabatini introduces bill to eliminate hospital taxing district
LEESBURG State Rep. Anthony Sabatini has filed a bill for the 2021 legislative session that would eliminate the North Lake County Hospital District.
The taxing district, which spans from Howey-in-the-Hills to Lady Lake, levies an annual tax on homeowners to help hospitals pay for the care of uninsured patients. Currently, homeowners in the district pay on average $150 a year.
Most of the $10 million collected annually goes to UF Health Leesburg and AdventHealth Waterman. It s about corporate welfare and cutting taxes and giving people financial relief during a pandemic if we can, said Sabatini, R-Howey-in-the-Hills.