Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell on Tuesday said her office has been “aggressively” prosecuting accused drug traffickers since she returned to office in January, a comment she made hours after the governor accused her of having a “liberal approach” to combating the opioid epidemic.

At a press conference, Worrell said her prosecutors handled approximately 100 drug trafficking cases so far in 2025 that resulted in prison sentences. Twenty nine of those prosecutions involved accused fentanyl traffickers, six of whom were sentenced to more than 20 years behind bars.

“The Ninth Judicial Circuit,” which covers Orange and Osceola counties, “has prosecuted fentanyl trafficking cases aggressively and effectively,” Worrell said.

Hours earlier, Gov. Ron DeSantis highlighted his admini

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