The Orange County Sheriff's Office saw an uptick in homicides in 2018, while overall crime is on the decline.
Sheriff John Mina presented the statistics Tuesday morning at the Orange County Commission budget work sessions. Mina, presenting 2018 figures, remarked crime has seen a 7 percent drop from 28,403 offenses in 2017 to 26,277 in 2018.
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