SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma said statistically, the area’s crime rate is at the lowest its ever seen adding that it’s likely substance and domestic abuse crimes are being underreported due to the coronavirus pandemic.The sheriff made his remarks Wednesday afternoon during a mental health roundtable at AdventHealth in Altamonte Springs.
He joined representatives from state agencies, the First Lady of Florida Casey DeSantis and Gov. Ron DeSantis.“You know (crime) is down across the state and Florida and in its 107-year history, it’s never been as low in Seminole County as it is today,” Lemma said. “What’s frightening about that is criminologists suggest that a fraction of the crime that occurs in our.