OUR MISSION
To promote public safety by enforcing the criminal laws of the State of Florida; to uphold, protect and defend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; to hold those who violate our laws accountable for their actions; to ensure that victims of crime have a voice in the criminal justice system; and to be good stewards of taxpayer resources.
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61-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO SUPPLIED DRUGS TO & SEXUALLY BATTERED MINOR SENTENCED TO FOUR CONSECUTIVE LIFE TERMS
(Marion County, FL) Yesterday, 61-year-old Terry Franklin Pennington was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences after being found guilty, back in June, of three counts of Lewd and Lascivious Battery of a Child 12 Years of Age but less than 16 Years of Age and one count of Lewd and
DEATH PENALTY SOUGHT AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED ALIEN INDICTED FOR MURDER
(Lake County, FL) Today, State Attorney Bill Gladson of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, alongside Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia and Lake County Sheriff Peyton Grinnell, announces the grand jury indictment of 44-year-old Shahidul Islam. A grand jury was convened earlier today to determine whether there was sufficient evidence to charge
SCHROER SENTENCED IN AGGRAVATED MANSLAUGHTER OF A CHILD CASE
(Marion County, FL) Today, 43-year-old Melissa Waiman Schroer was sentenced to the maximum punishment of 30 years in prison for the 2019 death of 2-month-old Wailan Roy Schroer. Back in May of this year, jurors delivered their verdict finding Schroer guilty of Aggravated Manslaughter of a Child. “Here we have
