ORLANDO, Fla. – A woman has pleaded no contest to an aggravated battery charge in connection with a deadly road rage shooting in Orlando.
Tina Allgeo, 47, had previously sought dismissal of the case, claiming she acted in self-defense during the December incident on Colonial Drive. Prosecutors argued she provoked the confrontation and could not claim self-defense because the shooting happened while she was breaking the law by hitting the other driver’s car.
During a hearing on Thursday, Allgeo was sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by 10 years of probation. As part of her plea, Allgeo’s charge of second-degree murder was dropped.
According to court documents, Allgeo told detectives a man had tailgated her and bumped her car. She says she accidentally hit his vehicle while trying to call 911 to record his license plate. When both drivers stopped, she claims the man tried to open her car door and hit her, prompting her to fire her weapon.
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The case has drawn the attention of Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who publicly criticized Worrell over her decision to prosecute Allgeo.
In a video posted to social media last month, Uthmeier accused Worrell of wrongfully charging a woman who, he said, “justifiably stood her ground.”
“Our office is again putting State Attorney Monquie Worrell on notice; you got it wrong in a recent case,” Uthmeier said. “Attorney Worrell, who has historically prosecuted a lot of cases she should have, did so here in the case against a woman who justifiably engaged in self-defense, who justifiably stood her ground.”
During Worrell’s quarterly meeting, she said, “The Attorney General has political motivations to try to label me as an anti-Second Amendment person; that is not the case.”
“We have seen individuals who abuse their Second Amendment rights,” Worrell added, “And they choose to escalate situations that they otherwise would have walked away from because they are armed.”
Worrell said that when it comes to the ‘stand your ground’ law, it’s an expansion of self-defense, but that doesn’t mean there are no limitations.
“What those limitations include is one, if you’re the aggressor, you now have a duty to retreat, and two, if you are in the commission of a crime, you have the duty to retreat,” Worrell said.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Worrell in 2023, but she was elected back into office in 2024. Uthmeier was DeSantis’ chief of staff at the time.
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Worrell claims the disagreements with the attorney general are having a negative impact on her office, as some attorneys who handle cases are seeking other places to work.
“They fear that any day they could end up on the news for a decision that they made that the attorney general disagreed with,” she said.
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