State Attorney Worrell launches budget audit amid a nearly $850K deficit

Worrell fingers predecessor’s ‘misuse of funds’ for Orange state attorney’s budget shortfall

The Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office is grappling with an $849,000 budget shortfall, and State Attorney Monique Worrell on Monday blamed part of the problem on a “misuse of funds” by her predecessor. Most of the deficit, Worrell said, comes from the loss of a $500,000 federal grant for victim advocates under the federal Victims of Crimes Act, which had its funding cut by Congress last year. But Worrell also criticized what she called misma…

State Attorney Worrell launches budget audit amid a nearly $850K deficit

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell says "poor decisions" by prior administration contributed to financial strain