{"id":372681,"date":"2026-08-16T01:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T01:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/372681\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T01:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T01:36:17","slug":"police-beat-apd-makes-17-arrests-responds-to-35-crashes-aug-2-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/372681\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Beat: APD makes 17 arrests, responds to 35 crashes Aug. 2-8"},"content":{"rendered":"

If a law enforcement agency charges you with a crime and this news outlet reports that information, please\u00a0notify us\u00a0within\u00a090 days\u00a0if the charge is dropped or if you are found not guilty by the court. After verifying the information, we will be happy to publish it.\u00a0Please send notification to\u00a0dhayden@theapopkachief.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the period from\u00a0August\u00a02-8,\u00a02026, the Apopka Police Department received\u00a01,442\u00a0calls for\u00a0service, responded to\u00a035\u00a0crashes, issued\u00a027 citations, and made\u00a017\u00a0arrests.\u00a0\u00a0Burglaries:\u00a04\u00a0vehicles,\u00a02\u00a0residences,\u00a01\u00a0business.\u00a0Juveniles were charged\u00a0with battery-touch or strike.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The following adults were arrested and charged:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Sergio Blancas Velazquez, 40, 314 W. Grossenbacher Dr., Apopka, hit and\u00a0run-failure\u00a0to stop,\u00a0remain\u00a0at\u00a0crash\u00a0involving serious bodily injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jason Acevedo, 21, 821 Palmera St., Orlando, larceny-retail theft greater than 1\u00a0location $750+ within\u00a0120 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Michele Marie Welch, 50, 2003 Sanderlin Point Loop, Apopka, battery-touch\u00a0or strike.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Samuel John Adderley, 39, Apopka, battery-cause bodily harm.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wilgue Paul Pierre, 39, Apopka, battery-touch\u00a0or strike.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Steven Larochelle, 30, Apopka, aggravated assault-with deadly weapon without intent\u00a0to\u00a0kill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Earl Bibbs, 53, 4153 Jespersen St., Apopka, non-moving violation-alter obscure vehicle registration\/license plate; resist officer-obstruct without violence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jerry Martel Anglin, 47, 611 Business Park Blvd. 101, Winter Garden,\u00a0trespassing-failure\u00a0to leave property on order of owner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Giles Jaimes, 19, Apopka, battery-touch\u00a0or strike.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Matthew Clint Plass, 44, general delivery, Orlando, larceny petit theft-merchandise farm transit\u00a0prior\u00a0conviction.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Danny Charles Hawkins, 44, 88 W.\u00a0Ponkan\u00a0Rd., Apopka, drugs-possession of controlled substance\u00a0without prescription; drug equipment-possession and\/or use.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Erdinc Karatas, 39, Apopka, battery-touch\u00a0or strike.\u00a0<\/p>\n

David Rosario, 63, 442 E. 13th St. Apt 213, Apopka,\u00a0drugs-possession of controlled substance without prescription.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Malachi Mathew\u00a0Westleigh,\u00a027,\u00a0Orlando, battery-touch\u00a0or strike.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gage Delane Horton, 27, 505 Ocean Ave., Apopka, possession of weapon or ammo by convicted Florida felon;\u00a0drugs-possession of controlled substance without prescription (X3); drug equipment-possession and\/or use.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Christine Leeann\u00a0Laravuso, 35, 534 Orange Ave., Daytona Beach,\u00a0moving traffic\u00a0violation-driving\u00a0while license suspended, revocation equivalent status.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Desi Ricardo Alvarez, 36, Apopka, resist officer with violence; battery-touch or strike; battery on specified personnel.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If a law enforcement agency charges you with a crime and this news outlet reports that information, please\u00a0notify…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-372681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}