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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HILL FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER AND SENTENCED TO LIFE
(Lake County, FL) Today, the Office of State Attorney Bill Gladson for the Fifth Judicial Circuit announces the sentencing of 29-year-old Austin Hill. Hill was found guilty by a jury last week of Premeditated First-Degree Murder with a Firearm for the 2023 murder of 39-year-old Wseni Laguerre. Following the defendant’s
JOHNSON FOUND GUILTY OF MULTIPLE SEX CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN
(Hernando County, FL) Today, the Office of State Attorney Bill Gladson of the Fifth Judicial Circuit announces the conviction of 45-year-old Andrew Paul Johnson on charges related to his 2025 arrest. In the courtroom of Judge Stephen E. Toner, Johnson was found guilty of Lewd or Lascivious Molestation of a
GUILTY VERDICT FOR BUSHNELL MAN IN CHILD SEXUAL BATTERY CASE
(Sumter County, FL) In the courtroom of Judge Mary P. Hatcher, jurors found 48-year-old Brian Keith Winton, of Bushnell, guilty on all counts. Winton was taken into custody to await his sentencing pending a presentence investigation. Winton was charged and convicted of three counts of Sexual Battery upon a Child
