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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
George Zimmerman trial: Round 2 of jury selection today
6/19/2013
Jury selection continues in Trayvon Martin shooting case. SANFORD - Round two of jury selection for the trial of George Zimmerman is underway today, with attorneys questioning a group of 40 potential jurors in the hope of finding a panel to try the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Business groups say expanding Medicaid would save them money 6/19/2013
Two business coalitions are urging Florida lawmakers to go into special session this year and accept the federal Medicaid expansion plan that the Legislature left on the table when the 2013 regular session ended in May.
Report: Florida man finds 2001 love message in bottle along St. Johns River 6/19/2013
A North Florida man recently found a couple's romantic message in a bottle along the St. Johns River — nearly 12 years after they tossed it into the surf off Tampa Bay, The Sun Chronicle of Attleboro, Mass. is reporting.
Driver who backed up on Florida's Turnpike killed in fiery crash 6/19/2013
A man who was driving backwards in a northbound lane of Florida's Turnpike near the BeachLine was killed in an accident late Wednesday morning, troopers said.
Sleepy driver nods off, smashes van into garage 6/19/2013
An Orlando man fell asleep at the wheel and drove his van through yards and into a garage Wednesday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Jury selection continues in Trayvon Martin shooting case. SANFORD - Round two of jury selection for the trial of George Zimmerman is underway today, with attorneys questioning a group of 40 potential jurors in the hope of finding a panel to try the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Business groups say expanding Medicaid would save them money 6/19/2013
Two business coalitions are urging Florida lawmakers to go into special session this year and accept the federal Medicaid expansion plan that the Legislature left on the table when the 2013 regular session ended in May.
Report: Florida man finds 2001 love message in bottle along St. Johns River 6/19/2013
A North Florida man recently found a couple's romantic message in a bottle along the St. Johns River — nearly 12 years after they tossed it into the surf off Tampa Bay, The Sun Chronicle of Attleboro, Mass. is reporting.
Driver who backed up on Florida's Turnpike killed in fiery crash 6/19/2013
A man who was driving backwards in a northbound lane of Florida's Turnpike near the BeachLine was killed in an accident late Wednesday morning, troopers said.
Sleepy driver nods off, smashes van into garage 6/19/2013
An Orlando man fell asleep at the wheel and drove his van through yards and into a garage Wednesday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
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