Four months after a massive case backlog prompted Florida’s attorney general to intervene , Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell announced Thursday that prosecutors were able to make a significant dent in clearing it — though with very few cases actually leading to criminal charges.

In April, Worrell told reporters there were more than 13,000 cases where there was not enough evidence for an immediate arrest, known as “nonarrest” cases, awaiting review by her office. She pointed to a staffing shortage that has plagued several previous state attorneys as the reason for the unaddressed caseload.

With help from statewide prosecutors dispatched by Attorney General James Uthmeier , the backlog was whittled down as of Thursday by nearly 22%, to 10,687 such cases.

Of the 2,983 case

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