FIRST ON #NEWS6: Videos show the aftermath of Gov. Ron DeSantis motorcade crash in Tennessee last week. clickorlando.com/news/local/202… This is what a Chattanooga police officer said while surveying the damage after DeSantis’s motorcade crash, which was reportedly triggered by a dog running on the interstate.

EXPLOSIVE new allegations about former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg were just made in court during the bribery trial of his former consultant Michael Shirley. A 🧵… 1/ After Greenberg’s arrest in 2021, the US Secret Service found a thumb drive in Greenberg’s car that contained 80 images of child pornography, according to Shirley’s attorney. 2/

The newly-renamed Reedy Creek Improvement District board appointed by @GovRonDeSantis just discovered the former board signed last-minute agreements with Disney granting the company enormous power to develop its property. 1/ The new Reedy Creek (now CFTOD) board is now considering legal action to address the agreements between Disney and the old board, which were approved weeks before @GovRonDeSantis signed the law altering the special taxing district. 2/

For the first time since Tommy Zeigler was sent to Florida’s Death Row, a prosecutor wants to use taxpayer money to examine evidence from the 1975 quadruple murder. Zeigler’s supporters believe he didn’t receive a fair trial and may be innocent. clickorlando.com/news/local/202… 1/4 .@NinthCircuitSAO Monique Worrell is seeking to examine decades-old fingerprint evidence at an estimated $2,400 cost. Her office says it must have the ability to respond if Tommy Zeigler attempts to introduce new DNA test evidence in court. 2/4

Why do some public record requests to Florida agencies take months to obtain? Perhaps @GovRonDeSantis is “reviewing” them first. A 🧵…. 1/9
clickorlando.com/news/politics/… This newly uncovered log obtained by #News6 reveals how state agencies send hundreds of requested public records to @GovRonDeSantis for “review”, where they can remain for weeks or months. 2/9

BREAKING: Former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. Before being sentenced, Greenberg apologized to the teacher he wrongly smeared as a pedophile and to the then-17-year-old girl he met through a “sugar daddy” website.

Former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg will be sentenced tomorrow for child sex trafficking and other charges. Just moments ago a pre-sentence hearing wrapped up with some surprising updates. 🧵1/8 #news6 Based on calculations of his pre-sentence report, the government is seeking a prison sentence of 9.25 to 11 years. Greenberg’s attorney seems to agree with their calculations but argued his client deserves additional credit due to his extensive cooperation. 2/8 #news6

Michael Nelson has spent 17+ of the last 25 years in prison for fraud. Now he’s out… and recently started a brand new business in Jacksonville offering “legal services”. (He is not a lawyer.) #News6 clickorlando.com/news/investiga… 1/8 Federal prosecutors have called Michael Nelson a “serial con man”, saying he defrauded folks across the country out of well over $1 million while posing as a lawyer, a banker, and a business consultant. 2/8

BREAKING: The attorney for former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg files court papers seeking to reduce what he says will be his client’s potential 9-to-11 year prison sentence. #News6 1/5 Greenberg’s attorney, Fritz Scheller, makes this blunt statement about other “public figures” who have not been prosecuted for sex offenses despite Greenberg’s cooperation. 2/5

BREAKING — Joseph Ellicott has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison. He admits to delivering a $6,000 bribe to former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg. #News6 Ellicott allegedly delivered the bribe money on behalf of Michael Shirley, a contractor accused of submitting inflated invoices to Greenberg’s office. Shirley has pleaded not guilty to fraud charges and is awaiting trial. #News6

Donald Trump's newly filed motion seeking a special master related to the Mar-a-Lago search warrant contains some new information... including many admissions. Here's a 🧵 1. Trump acknowledges "movers" brought boxes from the White House to Mar-a-Lago in January 2021. Trump acknowledges giving 15 boxes back to the federal government one year later.

NEW: Some have asked how #News6 discovered the paper trail showing @GovRonDeSantis delayed releasing financial records of Matt Gaetz associate Halsey Beshears. Here’s a 🧵 with receipts. (1/21) #News6 Following a @Politico report linking Halsey Beshears to the Matt Gaetz investigation in April 2021, I submitted a public records request with the FL Dept of Business & Professional regulation seeking the former secretary's expense reports. (2/21) #News6

Matt Gaetz associate Dr. Jason Pirozzolo sold his million dollar Orlando area home last week, I just learned. #news6 Pirozzolo’s photo and bio were abruptly removed from his Orlando medical clinic’s website last month after @CBSNews reported that the doctor was tied to the @mattgaetz investigation. Pirozzolo’s patients received this message from the clinic. #news6

BREAKING - Internet is down at the Osceola County Supervisor of Elections office. Precincts cannot upload Election Day results. Machine results are being manually driven to the SOE. Results expected to be delayed several hours #News6 .@VoteOsceola Elections Supervisor Mary Jane Arrington says she’s in contact with @Ask_Spectrum but has not been told why internet is down at SOE office. Canvassing board continues to process mail-in ballots received today as precinct machines are driven in. #news6 #Florida

1/ UPDATE - The A. Max Brewer bridge in Titusville will be OPEN to pedestrians during this weekend’s #SpaceX launch attempt. This photo by @Florida_Today photographer Tim Shortt shows the crowds after Wednesday’s scrubbed launch attempt (cont.) #News6 #LaunchAmerica 2/ Yesterday a @TitusvillePD lieutenant acknowledged spectators were not practicing social distancing. The agency indicated it was considering a proposal to keep pedestrians off the bridge this weekend. #News6