From the Apopka Police Department and Staff Reports
In Summary:
Apopka police handled more than 1,800 calls for service during the week of June 21-27 while making dozens of arrests on charges including battery, theft, DUI, and resisting arrest. One of the most serious cases involved an Orlando man accused of aggravated fleeing, harming a police animal, and aggravated battery on law enforcement personnel. The department also reported multiple juvenile arrests stemming from alleged vehicle thefts and stalking investigations.
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The Apopka Police Department responded to 1,815 calls for service, investigated 31 traffic crashes and issued 98 citations during the week of June 21-27, according to the department's weekly media arrest report.
Related: APD reports three vehicle burglaries during June 21-27.
Among the week's arrests were multiple cases involving battery, theft, DUI, resisting law enforcement, fraud, criminal mischief, and outstanding warrants. The report also included several felony investigations and a number of juvenile arrests.
One of the week's most significant cases occurred June 24, when 31-year-old Lazaro Vela of Orlando was arrested on charges including aggravated fleeing with injury or property damage, aggravated battery on specified personnel, resisting an officer with and without violence, harming a police/fire/search-and-rescue animal, and committing an act that could cause death. The incident occurred in the 1260 block of South Apopka Boulevard.
Other notable arrests included a domestic battery case, multiple retail theft investigations along South Orange Blossom Trail, DUI charges stemming from a traffic stop near Sheeler Avenue, and several arrests for outstanding warrants.
The department also reported several juvenile arrests during the reporting period. Those cases included allegations of stalking, simple assault and multiple counts of grand theft of a motor vehicle involving youths between the ages of 12 and 14. One juvenile was also charged with operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license and later arrested on additional charges of criminal mischief and battery.
The weekly report reflects arrests made by the Apopka Police Department and lists the charges filed at the time of arrest. As with all criminal cases, every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
The Apopka Police Department reported the following statistics:
Calls For Service 1,815
Traffic Citations 98
Crash Reports 31
Arrests 29
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