ORLANDO, FL – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is taking aim at Ninth Judicial Circuit State Attorney Monique H. Worrell, accusing her office of abandoning two high-profile child exploitation cases.

In a sharply worded letter dated Friday, Uthmeier said Worrell’s office failed to prosecute a man accused of masturbating in public near children at a park, and separately dismissed charges against another man accused of possessing and sharing child pornography. He said the decisions “lacked sufficient legal justification” and undermined public trust in the justice system.

Park incident sparks outrage

The first case involved 61-year-old Kevin W. Chapman, who was arrested in August after witnesses said he exposed himself while masturbating on a bench at Kit Land Nelson Park, where fami

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