TALLAHASSEE REPORTS
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Weather: Today, chance of showers and thunderstorms, high near 63.
Tonight, showers likely, low around 38. Thursday, sunny with a high near 52. Thursday night, low around 31. NWS
LCSO Booking Report 02-03-26: On Tuesday there 20 arrests and 15 incarcerations including a hold for ICE. See report here.
US stock markets close down (S&P 500 -0.8%, Dow -0.3%, Nasdaq -1.4%) as technology shares broadly fall (More).
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Local & State News
Demetrius Alpha Omega Murray, 33, has pleaded guilty in federal court regarding the six-count Indictment for interstate communication of threats to injure children. The allegations in the Indictment caused the lockdown of three Tallahassee area schools. Read more.

The Leon County Division of Real Estate Management (Division of Real Estate), created in 2012, recently released an annual update on County real estate related activities. Get the details.

A House committee advanced a proposal Tuesday to expand the armed school guardian program to colleges and universities after last year’s fatal on-campus shooting near the Capitol.

State general revenue collections fell just short of expectations in December primarily because of corporate income tax refunds.

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National News
The House voted 217-214 yesterday to pass a $1.2T government spending package, ending a partial shutdown that began Saturday. President Donald Trump signed the bill into law.
The Walt Disney Co. has named longtime parks executive Josh D’Amaro as its next chief executive officer, concluding a multiyear search to succeed Bob Iger. Iger will remain a senior adviser and board member until retiring at the end of the year.

Leon county no longer publishes mugshots or identifying information. It appears to be an act of malicious compliance with a recent law, or fear of being sued thanks to the new law.
Ahem … The LCSO Booking Reports are lame. The Reports must be modeled after Wakulla County’s version of their newspapers Reporting.
We need 1.) Names, 2.) Photographs, and 3.) Detailed synopses of what the arrestee’s did.
We, THE LEON COUNTY PEOPLE, deserve a “Real Sherrif’s Booking Report.
I like seeing my old high school buddies pics when they are God’s Own Drunk and Fearless Men/Women.
Stop cheating your customer’s by pretending to be “Better Than Wakulla County”.