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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TEEN ENTERS OPEN PLEA TO COURT IN FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CASE WHERE VICTIMS ATTACKED WITH SICKLES
(Sumter County, FL) Last week, 19-year-old Alexander Warren Hernandez entered an open plea to the court before Judge Charles L.W. Helm, pleading no contest, in the case against him. Hernandez is charged with Premeditated First-Degree Murder for the death of 15-year-old Connor Michael Gill, as well as Attempted First-Degree Murder
PRISON FOR DEFENDANT FOUND GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED ANIMAL CRUELTY
(Marion County, FL) The Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office announces the sentencing of 41-year-old Jeremiah Woodland for three counts of Felony Aggravated Animal Cruelty and two counts of Misdemeanor Cruelty to Animals. Judge Steve Rogers adjudicated Woodland guilty and sentenced him to three years in the Florida Department of
BROWN SENTENCED TO OVER DECADE IN PRISON FOLLOWING ESCAPE FROM SUMTER COUNTY DETENTION CENTER
(Sumter County, FL) This past Friday, Judge Charles L.W. Helm accepted a plea from 40-year-old Joseph Brown, who was sentenced to 130.950 months, nearly eleven years in prison. Brown escaped from the Sumter County Detention Center in November 2025 and prompted a large-scale search before being apprehended later that evening.
