Sorrento News

A Lake County homeowner caught a burglar breaking into his trailer so he shot and killed the crook.

A Sorrento, Florida homeowner fatally shot a violent burglar in self defense. Police say that the homeowner had suffered multiple burglaries from his property, causing him to invest in an alarm system.

A homeowner who had just set up an alarm system at his home shot and killed a suspected burglar early Thursday morning in his yard.

A Sorrento man shot and killed a man he said was trying to steal his property, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.

A homeowner shot and killed a suspected burglar early this morning in his yard. Lake County Sheriff's spokesman John Herrell said the homeowner had been victimized by recent burglaries and had set up an alarm system.

Authorities say man shot and killed a burglar in Sorrento. It happened Thursday morning at around 6:30 a.m. Lake County Sheriff's Officers are on the scene investigating.

A Eustis man who reportedly fled the scene of a serious car crash Saturday night was arrested on multiple felony charges Tuesday afternoon.

Speedbump, a 16-foot Burmese python, went from pet to Gatorland exhibit over the weekend.

From left, Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission President Ray Gilley, Lake-Sumter Community College President Dr.

I shared the following information with a friend, and he advised me not to tell anyone else: I went to visit my lawn mower last week.

The Lake County Commission has denied plans for a commercial development known as Village Commons.

A developer's plan to build a town center on State Road 46 in Sorrento was sacked by county commissioners who refused to approve a crucial zoning change for the controversial proposal.

The five-year tug-of-war between the Lake County Commission and Sorrento Commons came down to its final pull Tuesday, with the board still holding its end of the rope.

When housing developments are built, residents expect retail to follow. Why is it, then, that residents in far east Lake County -- Mount Plymouth and Sorrento -- have such limited shopping opportunities? For about four years, the Primerica development group has been trying to win county approval to bring another grocery store to the area.

Agents with Lake County's Cyber Crimes Unit have arrested a Sorrento man on child pornography charges.

A 33-year-old man was charged with possession of child pornography after investigators said they found more than 30,000 images on his computer.

Every development -- commercial or residential -- faces a rite of passage. Developer Lou Fabrizio knows this rite all too well.

The Village Commons project looks to bring in a grocery store and other retail space to the Sorrento/Mount Plymouth area in east Lake County.

The Lake County Sheriff's office will be conducting DUI and safety checkpoints starting Friday evening.

A year ago, I marveled in a column about the actions of illegal immigrants who roughed up a deputy sheriff in March 2008 when he showed up to quiet a loud party in Sorrento.