Celebration Realtor Replaces Horner for District 42 Race
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Community Homefinder Sports For the latest Update the home Osceola visits activities, events decor for fall season St. Cloud in and classes, ... football rival- see ... ry ... Page B-3/4 Page C-1 Page A-6 Weekend Weather Partly cloudy 40% chance of rain Police More than 330 pounds of drugs collected in local Take Back Initiative Serving Kissimmee, St. Cloud, Poinciana, Lake Nona, Harmony, Narcoossee, BVL The Osceola County 116TH YEAR • THURSDAY EDITION • 50 CENTS OCTOBER 4, 2012 Sheriff’s Office’s par- ticipation in conjunction with the Drug Enforce- MBI ment Administration (DEA) and other local Celebration Realtor replaces law enforcement agen- details cies in the fifth annual National Take Back Ini- brothel tiative Saturday brought Horner for district 42 race in 334 pounds of drugs operation in four hours. By Fallan Patterson Staff Writer See page A-3 Celebration Realtor Mike Horner La Rosa publically announced his candidacy Saturday for patronized the state representative Dis- By Fallan Patterson trict 42 race at the Osceola Staff Writer Kissimmee County Republican Executive Committee headquarters in Newly released docu- Kissimmee. ments detail the inner Kissimmee Police La Rosa, 30, replaces workings of the Orange Department earns state Rep. Mike Horner, who County brothel that its first state abruptly dropped from the forced state Rep. Mike race where he was consid- Horner to abruptly pull accreditation out of the House District In the final days ered the frontrunner after two terms on Sept. 24, when his 42 race last week. of her tenure with The 53-page Metropol- the Kissimmee Police name was publicly linked as a john at an Orange County itan Bureau of Investiga- Department, outgo- tion file explicitly explains ing Chief Fran Iwanski brothel. La Rosa quickly determined how Mark Risner, 55, Thursday accepted the was operating a prostitu- department’s first state he wanted to replace Horner after hearing about the break- tion business out of his accreditation. house, 2318 Vincent Dr., See page A-5 ing news on the radio during his drive home. including how he found “Sometimes you just go the female prostitutes, with your gut,” La Rosa said. what they were charging “I feel I’m ready. I’m here in and graphic details of ser- the community. I’m the fresh, News-Gazette Photo/Andrew Sullivan vices the clients wanted. new face to give the commu- Mike La Rosa, the Republican party’s replacement for State Rep. Mike Horner’s spot on the Among the evidence nity a breath of fresh air.” upcoming November election ballot, made an appearance Monday morning at the Osceola was a client list investiga- His wife of seven years, County Republican Headquarters to speak with media and meet local Republicans. tors found in the garbage, Holly La Rosa, was not sur- which included the client’s What is your opin- prised by her husband’s desire name, a phone number ion of state Rep. Mike to run for office. nomic downtown by building A Miami native, La Rosa While attending the Uni- and email address, the Horner’s replacement, “I was 100 percent sup- his business in five markets, came to the county in 1996 versity of Central Florida, he rate the client was being Mike LaRosa, for the portive,” she said. “He’s talk- including out of state, La Rosa and attended Celebration’s began his real estate career charged and a notes sec- district 42 election race? ed about doing this since he plans to create jobs and better first K-12 school, where he with his brother Joe La Rosa, tion describing the males was 17 years old. I’ve been the community. played baseball and met his focusing on residential real and particulars of their • It was a good choice. prepared.” “I’m not a politician; I’m a wife, Holly, daughter of for- estate. Together the brothers visits. • A better choice Running on the platform of businessman,” he said. “It’s mer Kissimmee Police Chief opened La Rosa Realty, based Included on the list could have been a small business owner who all about letting people know Fran Iwanski, with whom he was Horner’s first name, made. successfully navigated the eco- who Mike La Rosa is.” has three sons. See La Rosa, page A-3 describing him as a “con- • I wouldn’t vote for gressman,” and his cell either one. phone number and an • I don’t have an email address. opinion. Police news Horner, 44, paid $200 for an hour of service at Elementary school students the brothel as recently as Vote at April 10, the week before www.around Six charged he hosted the Legislative osceola.com reach out to soldiers overseas Delegation at the Kissim- mee Civic Center. Results from the Sept. with armed In addition to Horner, 20 Question of the other clients included a week: St. Cloud man, an Orlan- robbery, do attorney, an unem- Do veterans have a legit- ployed, full-time Univer- imate complaint when kidnapping sity of Central Florida it comes to Osceola student and an unnamed County Supervisor of Osceola County Sheriff’s “very obese” congress- Elections Mary Jane detectives arrested six sus- man from west Florida Arrington’s poll ques- pects for their involvement in who cancelled his ses- tions she authorized her an armed robbery and kidnap- sion. campaign to ask? ping. Risner attempted to The investigation began screen prospective clients • Yes- 58.3% on Saturday at approximate- by asking for references • No it’s just ly 2:45 a.m., when depu- of other known prosti- politics - 41.7% ties responded to 5550 Old tutes the man had been • I’m not sure 0% Tampa Highway in Kissim- clients of previously in an • I don’t have an mee. attempt to gauge if the opinion.- 0% Deputies spoke with two men were law enforce- females, identified as Lind- ment officers, according sey Saucedo, 18, of 5550 to the documents. Old Tampa Highway, and Risner also kept Rosa DeJesus, 33, of 1616 records on his computer’s Perdido Court in Kissimmee, News-Gazette Photo/Ken Jackson hard drive including cli- who said they were with their Teacher Laurie Mercado’s third-grade class at Thacker Elementary School ents’ driver’s license pho- friend, the victim, and two shows letters they plan to send to U.S. soldiers overseas. tographs or other official others, Stephen Batista, 20, identifications. of 519 Neptune Bay Circle The four female prosti- Index in St. Cloud, and Frederick By Ken Jackson 11 attacks on the country brigade at Camp Buehring tutes who agreed to testify Rodriguez, 24, of 1821 Cool Staff Writer when her students penned in northern Kuwait, and against Risner after they Breeze Circle in St. Cloud. For Laurie Mercado’s letters to local police and just sent letters off to the were caught by under- Page A4, Editorial The victim agreed to give third grade class at Thacker firefighters thanking them soldiers of Specialist John cover officers engaging them a ride to an unknown Avenue Elementary, writing for their community ser- Nolke’s unit, the 3rd Heavy in prostitution told inves- Page A6, Sports location but while they were projects they’ve recently vice, the class’ most recent Brigade Combat Team out tigators Risner had video driving, Batista and Rodri- participated in have helped project sent letters much, of Fort Benning, Ga. Once cameras mounted in the Page B3/4, Community guez allegedly pointed a gun test their hearts as well as much farther away. they write back, a full- “sex room” along with Page B1, Around Osceola and knife at the victim and their minds. Through a friend, Mer- fledged pen pal program audio recording devices. demanded money. Saucedo Following a lesson on cado got in contact with the will be in full swing. Some sessions were Page A2, Police news remembering the Sept. U.S. Army Quick Response See Students, page A-5 See Police, page A-2 See MBI, page A-3 Page A2, NEWS-GAZETTE • Online All The Time • www.aroundosceola.com • Thursday, October 4, 2012 Police Continued from Page A-1 Two arrested for child neglect said Batista allegedly put the ed to intervene and was struck Kissimmee residents and one By Fallan Patterson allegedly threw a chair through according to the police report, knife to her throat and DeJe- with the gun and subdued with Port St. Lucie man for their Staff Writer the room’s front window during a Rogers never asked about her sus told detectives Batista his hands tied behind his back. involvement in an armed rob- A mother and her boyfriend Xanax-induced paranoia. Earlier daughter’s well-being and seemed allegedly choked her. The victim, her brother and bery at Old Town on West were arrested Monday by Kis- that evening, the child was in the more interested on the location As this was occurring, the 3-year-old child were led to the U.S. Highway 192. simmee police officers for child care of her mother, Stacia Rog- of the room’s spare key because victim ran out of gas so they back bathroom while the men Fabrice Castel Buteau, 22, neglect after the boyfriend alleg- ers, 20, and Roger’s boyfriend, she was locked out of the room. pulled over to the side of the ransacked the home. The sus- Diaquan Doherty, 18, and edly abandoned a two-year-old Montalvo, 28. Neither adult was The child, Rogers and Montalvo road near Old Tampa High- pects fled with an undetermined Aureo Perez, Jr., 23, were girl in front of a closed retail store.