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Mike DeForest

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Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter Mike DeForest has been covering Central Florida news for more than 15 years.

When Mike was 5 years old, his grandfather introduced him to broadcasting by handing him a microphone and a tape recorder. A few years later, Mike ran around his neighborhood in the Chicago suburbs with his family’s bulky VHS camcorder, shooting movies with his friends.

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TikTok videos show Florida detective in police uniform selling products

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By Mike DeForest Verified
| WKMG-TV (Orlando, FL) Verified
Videos of a Kissimmee Police Department detective advertising products for sale on TikTok while dressed in her uniform are being reviewed by the agency for potential policy violations, News 6 has learned. Millyan Lagares, a detective who works in the department's Major Crimes Unit, manages a personal TikTok account that includes videos of her private and professional activities.
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Florida ‘Super Speeder’ law may end YouTube channel run by NASCAR founder’s great-grandson

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By Mike DeForest Verified
| WJXT-TV (Jacksonville, FL) Verified
OURANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A YouTube channel that once featured motorcycles appearing to weave dangerously through Central Florida traffic at speeds exceeding 150 mph may be coming to an end — and the creator is pointing to Florida’s new “Super Speeder” law as the reason, as reported by our sister station WKMG in Orlando.
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Florida 'Super Speeder' law may end YouTube channel run by NASCAR founder's great-grandson

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By Mike DeForest Verified
| WKMG-TV (Orlando, FL) Verified
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - A YouTube channel that once featured motorcycles appearing to weave dangerously through Central Florida traffic at speeds exceeding 150 mph may be coming to an end - and the creator is pointing to Florida's new "Super Speeder" law as the reason. Dallas Ashley, the great-grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. and grandson of NASCAR's former CEO Jim France, suggested in a newly posted video that he may discontinue his "Speed Demon 407" YouTube channel.
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