ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A former Orange County judge accused of molesting a girl will not be facing charges, according to a court memorandum.
The office of Daytona Beach State Attorney R.J. Larizza determined prosecutors could not prove the allegations “beyond a reasonable doubt,” adding that no further action is warranted in the case against Alan Apte. [TRENDING: Winter storm shuts down Fla.
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Ron DeSantis originally reassigned the case via executive order after former Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala disqualified herself from the investigation, citing a conflict of interest as the former judge had been in her circuit