Shortly after midnight on Sunday, Casey Anthony was released from jail. The Orlando stations, which have followed the case for the better part of three years, were ready. All five stations in the market started coverage in primetime Saturday night and stayed on the air well past midnight, when Anthony allegedly boarded a jet at a local airport and took off for a still-unknown destination.

Fox O&O WOFL went on the air the earliest and stayed on the latest, with Keith Landry and Tracey Jacim anchoring coverage from 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.

WESH stayed in regular programming until a few minutes before Anthony was released from jail. The NBC affiliate broke in to “Saturday Night Live” with coverage anchored by Cara Moore. WESH went back into regular programming at 1 a.m.

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“Things got heated quickly as Casey Anthony’s legal team was surrounded by cameras and reporters as they made their way into the courthouse,” WESH‘s Cara Moore reported on Wednesday.

At one point, WESH photographer Mike Kirby accidentally tripped and knocked into the bag of defense attorney Jose Baez, causing him to drop the rolling case to the ground.

“What the f—?!” Baez yelled at the surrounding members of the local media (video above).

After Baez’s outburst, one of the defense team’s handlers stepped in and acted as the lawyer’s lead blocker, ramming his forearm into WFTV reporter Steve Barrett.