Orlando Police Department
Coverage of Orlando Police Department in the Nexus archive.
- Florida man arrested in IHOP restaurant after police say he stabbed an rideshare driver
A Florida man was arrested at an IHOP restaurant in Orlando after allegedly stabbing a rideshare driver who refused to provide a ride without an app request. The suspect, Jovaughn Nathan Matthie, was charged with attempted murder and later found with a knife in his pocket during his arrest.
- DNA technology leads to arrest in 1988 killing of Orlando woman after nearly four decades
A North Carolina man, Willie J. Carpenter, was arrested in 2025 for the 1988 murder of Diane Matthews in Orlando, Florida, after advancements in DNA technology linked his genetic profile to evidence from the crime scene. Investigators identified Carpenter through the CODIS database following an unrelated arrest and confirmed the connection via DNA testing in 2025.
- Orlando Police officers facing unprofessionalism claims for letting women in bikinis dance and twerk for them
Orlando Police officers are under investigation for a viral video showing them allowing scantily-clad women to dance and twerk near their golf cart during a Caribbean Carnival Festival. The department condemned the behavior as unprofessional, leading to a four-month suspension from extra-duty events for the involved officers.