FL: Uthmeier Accuses Monique Worrell of Refusing to Prosecute Two Sexual Predator Cases

[Jim Burton]

https://floridianpress.com/2025/09/uthm ... tor-cases/

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier criticized Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell of the Ninth Judicial Circuit during a news conference in Orlando for not prosecuting a pair of child predator cases. Uthmeier's remarks came during the state's crackdown on soft-on-crime policies alongside U.S. Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL) and members of the Florida Highway Patrol.

Specifically, Uthmeier called out Worrell for not pressing charges against a man accused of masturbating while facing children at a public splash pad. The attorney general noted there was video evidence and witness testimony from a father who witnessed the alleged act in front of his two-year-old feet from the offender.

"While we had all of this evidence and an open and shut case, State Attorney Worrell decided charges did not need to be brought," Uthmeier said. "She gave this guy a free walk in the park, and now other kids are in jeopardy of having a tragic incident happen to them."

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