🌱 Orlando Airport Drunken Incident + Lake Eola Day Without Immigrants Rally

Good morning, neighbors! It's me again, Carlos Hernandez, your host of the Orlando Daily. Let's get this day started right.

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Partly sunny and breezy. High: 77 Low: 64.

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Here are the top five stories in Orlando today:

1. 32-year-old Chelsea Alston is accused of battering a police officer during a drunken incident on a motorized suitcase at Orlando International airport, according to authorities. Alston is among several dozen passengers who have been arrested at Orlando International Airport during the COVID-19 pandemic for unruly or violent behavior. Alston has pleaded not guilty. (Click Orlando)

2. The City of Winter Park has been working to underground overhead power lines since 2005 when it first acquired the local electric utility and is now speeding up the process. The city will be undergrounding all service lines to homes while crews are already working in the neighborhood, with the money coming from a rate increase on power. (Bungalower)

3. A federal judge has again postponed the sentencing of former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Micah Greenberg, who is said to be cooperating in criminal investigations. Greenberg pleaded guilty last May to child sex trafficking and other crimes. (WMFE)

4. An Orlando man is facing 13 charges after deputies accused him of trying to hit an officer with a black Ford Mustang Saturday morning on I-4 in Lakeland, a Polk County Sheriff's Office news release said. The long list of charges against the accused include false imprisonment, possession of cocaine, fleeing to elude, burglary, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, resisting a law enforcement officer without violence, reckless driving, DUI, knowingly driving with a suspended driver's license, possession of drug paraphernalia, violation of probation and Orange County warrant. (Orlando Patch)

5. A National Day Without Immigrants rally was held at Lake Eola in Downtown Orlando on Monday. People gathered at the park said many of their friends and family are essential workers and farmworkers. More than 80 workers made headlines when some local leaders on social media inaccurately claimed they are in Central Florida illegally. (WESH)

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Today in Orlando:

• Orange County Citizen Corps Meeting at Orange County Administration Center. (9:30 AM)
• Mental Health Commission Meeting at Orange County District. (11:00 AM)
• Rollins College Women's Basketball Vs University of Tampa at Rollins Athletics. (5:30 PM)
• Orlando Police Department Citizens' Police Review Board Meeting. Virtual. (6:00 PM)
• Lover's & Friends Wine Pairing Dinner at Bulla Gastrobar Winter Park. (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• A quick response by Orlando firefighters helped stop a fire from spreading between two apartments on Vassar Street. The fire was out within five minutes of units arriving. Four people have been displaced and the American Red Cross of Central Florida is assisting. (Facebook)
• Orlando Police Department says they are seeing an increase in catalytic converter thefts across Central Florida. (Facebook)
• Join Orange County Parks and Recreation on Wednesday, February 23rd, 6 p.m. at West Orange Recreation or Wednesday, March 2nd 6 p.m. at South Econ Recreation for the 2nd in-person discussion & input of gridiron/multi-purpose field allocation for sports organizations. Info: (407) 836-6205. (Twitter)

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— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.