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Your Florida Daily: Teacher accused of taping sex with former student, Orlando Magic to retire Shaquille O’Neal’s No. 32
ORLANDO, Fla. – Serious charges have been filed against an Orange County teacher after investigators say she had sex with a former student and recorded it.
Marie-Jo Gordo was indicted by a federal grand jury after prosecutors argued Gordo was the boy’s eighth grade teacher in 2019, but then in 2023, began a sexual relationship with him.
They say the boy had over two dozen videos on his phone showing the two engaging in sexual activity.
The indictment didn’t say what schools Gordo has worked at but News 6 has reached out to the district to find out and to get her current employment status.
Read the full story here.
Florida legislator files ‘Officer Jason Raynor Act’ after slain Daytona Beach officer
It’s been months since the man who killed a Daytona Beach police officer was convicted of a lesser sentence of manslaughter, and now Florida lawmakers are working on a bill that would automatically sentence someone to life in prison for causing the death of a law enforcement officer.
It’s called “The Officer Jason Raynor Act,” named after the Daytona Beach officer shot and killed in 2021.
Investigators say Raynor was searching for a stolen car when he saw Othal Wallace in one that looked similar. Raynor went to question Wallace, but he wouldn’t comply.
Wallace then shot the officer and took off. Wallace argued in his trial that he shot Raynor because he feared for his own life.
Though charged with first-degree murder, the jury found him guilty of manslaughter and he was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood believes this act would make one thing clear.
“If you don’t like that the cop stops to investigate you because we think you’re acting suspicious, you don’t take matters into your own hands, put a bullet in the back of a law enforcement officer’s head,” Chitwood told News 6.
If passed, the act would take effect on Oct. 1.
Orlando Magic to retire Shaquille O’Neal’s No. 32 jersey
A big honor for one of the Orlando Magic’s most famous players.
The team announced it will officially retire No. 32 in honor of Shaquille O’Neal. It will be the first time the Magic has ever retired a jersey of one of their former players.
Shaq was the first overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft and spent four seasons with the Magic from 1992 until 1996.
A special ceremony is planned for after the team’s home game against Oklahoma City on Feb. 13.
Random Florida Fact
In Jacksonville, there’s an old brick building with the name Public School Number Four engraved on top.
It’s a gigantic abandoned schoolhouse and you can see it while driving along Interstate 95 as you curve onto Interstate 10.
Built in 1915, the schoolhouse was renamed Annie Lytle Elementary in 1957 in honor of a former principal.
But it only stayed open for three more years. In 1960, it was condemned and decades later, a fire destroyed the roof.
Over the years, volunteers have tried cleaning the historic grounds, though nature and graffiti have since taken over the building.
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Florida couple in alleged embryo mix-up have identified biological parents of ‘non-caucasian’ baby
A Florida couple who claimed a fertility clinic error led the woman giving birth to a “non-Caucasian child” who was not related to them said they have identified their child’s biological parents, according to reports.
“The results of testing delivered to us today confirm that our baby’s genetic parents have been identified,” Tiffany Score and Steven Mills said in a statement obtained by People on Wednesday.
Score and Mills filed a lawsuit in January against Fertility Center of Orlando and its head reproductive endocrinologist, Dr. Milton McNichol, alleging that another patient’s embryo was implanted in Score’s uterus in April 2025.
The mix-up led to the birth of their now 4-month-old daughter, Shea, who is not biologically related to them, the filing alleged.
“This ends one chapter in our heartbreaking journey, but it raises new issues that will have to be resolved,” the statement continued. “In addition, questions about the disposition of our own embryos are still unanswered and are even more unlikely to ever be answered.”
“Only one thing is as absolutely certain today as it was on the day our daughter was born —we will love and will be this child’s parents forever.”
The couple added that they will respect the privacy of Shea’s biological parents and will keep their identities “confidential.”
Score and Mills, who are both white, stored three viable embryos at the Longwood clinic in 2020 for in vitro fertilization, a process that creates embryos and stores them until pregnancy.
Five years later, after an embryo was implanted, the couple gave birth to a “beautiful, healthy female child” on Dec. 11, 2025, according to the lawsuit filed Jan. 22 in Orange County Circuit Court and obtained by Law & Crime.
“Tragically, while both Jane Doe and John Doe are racially Caucasian, Baby Doe displayed the physical appearance of a racially non-Caucasian child,” the lawsuit said.
Further genetic testing confirmed that baby Shea had no biological relationship to either parent — raising questions about where their embryos had gone or whether another woman was impregnated with their biological child.
The new parents had an “intensely strong emotional bond” with their child during pregnancy and wished to keep the girl, but recognized she “should legally and morally be united with her genetic parents so long as they are fit, able and willing to take her,” the lawsuit stated.
Scarola told People, following Wednesday’s development, that Shea’s biological parents have not made any requests to take her into custody.
“Remaining questions about the fate of Tiffany and Steven’s unaccounted for embryos…are still pending,” Scarola said.
“The current legal proceeding will remain open to address those matters,” the attorney added. “However, we expect that we will now also begin to focus on the need for our clients to be compensated for the expenses they have incurred and the severe emotional trauma that they endured and will continue to experience.”
The Fertility Clinic of Orlando announced earlier this month that it would close by May 20 — a decision leadership said was made after “thoughtful consideration.”
Neither Scarola nor the clinic immediately responded to The Post’s request for comment.
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Florida investigating AI role in mass shooting at university
Florida on Tuesday announced a criminal probe into whether artificial intelligence played a role in a deadly mass shooting at a university in the US state.
“If ChatGPT were a person, it would be facing charges for murder,” Uthmeier said.
Florida law allows anyone who assists or counsels someone in the commission of a crime to be treated as an “aider and abettor” bearing the same responsibility as the perpetrator, according to Uthmeier.
In exchanges with ChatGPT, the accused shooter sought advice on what type of gun and ammunition to use, as well as where and when on campus a lot of people would likely be found, the state attorney general said during a press briefing.
“Last year’s mass shooting at Florida State University was a tragedy, but ChatGPT is not responsible for this terrible crime,” an OpenAI spokesperson said.
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