The Latest Breaking News from Hillsborough County

DeSantis asks judge to let him avoid deposition on why he ousted prosecutor

TAMPA, Fla. — It’s official: Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking a federal judge to exempt him from giving a deposition about his motivation for suspending Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren.

Tribune News Service · Oct 21, 2022

Bucs’ Joe Tryon-Shoyinka helps lift up single parent families

TAMPA, Fla. — Joe Tryon-Shoyinka steered the Toyota sedan slowly and parked it just a few feet from Kenitra Lofton, a single mom in Hillsborough County with six children who tearfully took the keys from the Bucs linebacker.

Tribune News Service · Oct 16, 2022

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn’t want to be deposed on why he ousted state attorney

TAMPA, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to resist giving a deposition in the case of the Hillsborough County state attorney he recently removed from office, court records show.

Tribune News Service · Oct 14, 2022

‘Constitutional’ sheriff movement escapes Florida Gov. DeSantis’ scrutiny

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren isn’t the only elected official in Florida who has promised not to enforce laws he thinks are unconstitutional.

Orlando Sentinel · Aug 8, 2022

Editorial: DeSantis’ tyrannical suspension of state attorney, over words

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ abrupt sacking of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren was the deed of a tyrant drunk with power, inflamed with presidential ambition and accustomed to ruthlessness as the first resort rather than the last in having his way.

Tribune News Service · Aug 8, 2022

Florida prosecutor removed by DeSantis says he's 'not going down without a fight'

TAMPA, Fla. — Three days after a blistering blow from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, ousted Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren issued his most defiant message yet: “I’m not going down without a fight.”

Tribune News Service · Aug 7, 2022

DeSantis suspends elected prosecutor

Watchdog group calls out Florida governor's "outrageous overreach" and "blatant power grab"

Salon · Aug 5, 2022

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspends state attorney who opposed prosecuting abortion, sex reassignment crimes

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday removed Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren from office for what he said was Warren’s disregard for his duty to enforce state laws, including a pledge not to prosecute people receiving an abortion or their doctors performing them.

Tribune News Service · Aug 5, 2022

Florida’s DeSantis suspends state prosecutor over abortion law

Andrew Warren, an elected Democratic state attorney, had pledged not to enforce the US state’s 15-week abortion ban.

Al Jazeera · Aug 4, 2022

Florida governor suspends prosecutor over new abortion law

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suspended the elected state prosecutor of Tampa for pledging not to enforce the state’s new 15-week abortion ban and for supporting gender transition treatments for minors

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022