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Susan Jacobson
Breaking-news reporter
My Role
I'm the one you see driving toward a hurricane while everybody else is driving away. When the police scanner crackles with, "shots fired," I jump in my car and head to the scene. Fires? Kidnappings? Missing people? Car crashes? Drownings? These are my territory. I also specialize in writing about criminal consumer scams -- especially those involving elderly victims.
My Biography
I joined the Orlando Sentinel staff after working at newspapers in New York, New Jersey and Maryland. I've covered local government, education, crime and courts and have worked in Brevard, Osceola, Volusia and Orange counties. I'm currently on the breaking-news team.
My Interests
Reading (of course), drawing, making pottery, photography, cooking, kickboxing, step aerobics, weight training. (See the Orlando Sentinel's The Fitness Center blog -- link below in "blog link" box.
My Recent Articles
Man's defense: Girlfriend stabbed herself
5/17/2012
Boyfriend arrested on murder charge A Polk County man who told deputies that his girlfriend stabbed herself and ran herself over with a car was arrested Wednesday on a charge of premeditated murder.
911 call: Kids 'tried to break in' neighbor's house to get away from mom before fatal shootings 5/17/2012
Shortly before a mother killed her children on Tuesday, frantic neighbors called 911 to report that three of the frightened kids had tried to break into their house for refuge.
'I was punching her and kicking her,' husband tells 911 operator before cops find his dead wife 5/17/2012
A man who was arrested last weekend on a charge of murdering his wife called 911 the evening of her death and told a dispatcher that he had punched and kicked her and couldn't wake her up, audio released Wednesday shows.
Trayvon, Cady Way killings prompted Lake school-uniform vote 5/16/2012
Parents are angry they weren't notified and say the decision will be costly Longtime Lake County School Board member Kyleen Fischer said her support for mandatory uniforms for the district's roughly 40,0000 students was sparked by the recent violent deaths of high school students in the area.
Pickax killer gets life in St. Cloud murder 5/16/2012
Accomplice turned informant to serve 20 years KISSIMMEE – Before two men faced justice for the brutal murder of Charles "Mickey" Kilpatrick Wednesday, those who knew him were able to share memories of the man they described as remarkable.
Boyfriend arrested on murder charge A Polk County man who told deputies that his girlfriend stabbed herself and ran herself over with a car was arrested Wednesday on a charge of premeditated murder.
911 call: Kids 'tried to break in' neighbor's house to get away from mom before fatal shootings 5/17/2012
Shortly before a mother killed her children on Tuesday, frantic neighbors called 911 to report that three of the frightened kids had tried to break into their house for refuge.
'I was punching her and kicking her,' husband tells 911 operator before cops find his dead wife 5/17/2012
A man who was arrested last weekend on a charge of murdering his wife called 911 the evening of her death and told a dispatcher that he had punched and kicked her and couldn't wake her up, audio released Wednesday shows.
Trayvon, Cady Way killings prompted Lake school-uniform vote 5/16/2012
Parents are angry they weren't notified and say the decision will be costly Longtime Lake County School Board member Kyleen Fischer said her support for mandatory uniforms for the district's roughly 40,0000 students was sparked by the recent violent deaths of high school students in the area.
Pickax killer gets life in St. Cloud murder 5/16/2012
Accomplice turned informant to serve 20 years KISSIMMEE – Before two men faced justice for the brutal murder of Charles "Mickey" Kilpatrick Wednesday, those who knew him were able to share memories of the man they described as remarkable.
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