From the Apopka Police Department
In Summary:
The Apopka Police Department reported 28 arrests, 90 citations, 28 crashes, and 1,700 calls for service during the May 17–23 reporting period. Several felony arrests during the week included drug trafficking, aggravated battery, domestic violence, hit-and-run offenses, and crimes involving minors. The report also included arrests tied to DUI, burglary, theft, narcotics possession, and multiple out-of-county warrants.
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The Apopka Police Department reported 28 arrests, 90 citations, 28 crashes, and 1,700 calls for service during the week of May 17 through May 23, according to the department’s latest arrest report.
Among the most serious arrests during the reporting period was a May 21 drug trafficking case on Legg Drive involving multiple trafficking charges and a convicted felon firearm charge.
Related: APD reports eight burglaries during weeklong period.
Police arrested Chapelle Laquane Teague, 49, of Apopka on charges including trafficking fentanyl, trafficking cocaine, trafficking oxycodone, trafficking methamphetamine, possession of drug equipment, maintaining a structure used for drug trafficking, and possession of a weapon or ammunition by a convicted felon. The arrest occurred in the 1110 block of Legg Drive.
Another major case involved multiple violent felony charges tied to an incident near Alabama Avenue and East Main Street on May 18.
Dennis Corneal Trice, 53, of Apopka, was arrested on charges including false imprisonment, leaving the scene of a crash involving injury, resisting an officer without violence, and multiple hit-and-run related offenses.
Police also reported a May 19 arrest involving aggravated assault and weapons charges near East Semoran Boulevard and South Orange Blossom Trail.
Zackariah W. Thomas, 30, of Apopka, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, firing a missile into a dwelling, vehicle, building, or aircraft, criminal mischief, and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription.
A separate May 19 arrest on Grasmere Drive resulted in charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, domestic battery by strangulation, and digital voyeurism dissemination.
Herbert Richard Cunningham, 30, of Apopka, was arrested in that case.
Investigators also made an arrest connected to alleged crimes involving a minor.
Maurice Anthony Roberts, 29, of Orlando, was arrested May 21 on charges including use of a two-way communications device to facilitate a felony, transmitting harmful material to minors, interference with custody of a minor, traveling to meet a child after using a computer to lure the child, and sex battery involving a 16- or 17-year-old victim.
Other arrests during the reporting period included DUI charges, burglary, petit theft, resisting officers, trespassing, battery, narcotics possession, and multiple out-of-county warrants.
The arrest report covers incidents and arrests from May 17 to May 23. All defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
Key Points:
- APD reported 90 citations and 28 crashes during the week.
- A Legg Drive arrest included multiple drug trafficking charges.
- Officers made arrests involving aggravated battery and domestic violence.
- One case included charges related to alleged crimes against a minor.
- The report also included DUI, burglary, theft, and warrant arrests.
Keywords
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The Apopka Police Department reported the following statistics:
Calls For Service 1,700
Traffic Citations 90
Crash Reports 28
Arrests 28
