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GUILTY VERDICT IN SUMTER COUNTY MURDER CASE
GUILTY VERDICT IN SUMTER COUNTY MURDER CASE This past Thursday, November 9, 2023, a Sumter County jury delivered a verdict of guilty against 26-year-old Bacarri Justice Austell of Wildwood, for Second-Degree Murder with a firearm. Read More

MARION COUNTY MAN FOUND GUILTY OF FELONY ANIMAL CRUELTY
MARION COUNTY MAN FOUND GUILTY OF FELONY ANIMAL CRUELTY Yesterday, November 7, 2023, inside the courtroom of the Honorable Judge Peter Brigham, jurors found 61-year-old Terrence Andre Crowder, of Ocala, guilty of one felony and two misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty after a thorough presentation of comp... Read More

46-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS FOR 2023 ATTEMPT TO SOLICIT MINOR
46-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS FOR 2023 ATTEMPT TO SOLICIT MINOR Today, November 6, 2023, the honorable Judge Joel Fritton sentenced 46-year-old Jeff Adams to­­­­ 20 years in the Department of Corrections after he was found guilty by jurors just after an 9-minute deliberation last week. Additionally, Adams will be... Read More

Citrus County Man Sentenced to Five Life Sentences for Sex Offense
Citrus County Man Sentenced to Five Life Sentences for Sex Offense Last week, on October 11, 2023, 33-year-old Travis Folsom, the defendant in a harrowing case involving sexual offenses against a minor, was sentenced to five concurrent life sentences. Read More

20-Year-Old Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison for 2021 Murder
20-Year-Old Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison for 2021 Murder Today, October 16, 2023, the honorable Judge Robert Hodges sentenced 20-year-old Brandon Jordan Merizier to 50 years in the Florida Department of Corrections. Merizier was originally found guilty of First-Degree Murder back in June of 2023 when a jur... Read More

Indictment Announced in 1993 Hernando County Homicide of Jennifer Odom
Indictment Announced in 1993 Hernando County Homicide of Jennifer Odom State Attorney William “Bill” Gladson announces the grand jury indictment of Jeffrey Norman Crum. Crum was indicted on one count of first-degree murder, one count of kidnapping and one count of sexual battery of Jennifer Odom on July 24, ... Read More

State Attorney Announces the Filing of Criminal Charges for the Shooting Death of Ajike Owens
State Attorney Announces the Filing of Criminal Charges for the Shooting Death of Ajike Owens State Attorney, William “Bill” Gladson, announces the filing of criminal charges against Susan Lorincz for the death of Ajike Owens and makes the following statement.  Lorincz has been charged with one count of manslaughter with a fi... Read More

Hernando County Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Second Degree Murder
Hernando County Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Second Degree Murder On April 14, 2023, a Hernando County jury returned a verdict of guilty for Second Degree Murder with a Firearm. The defendant, Antonio Rivera, was sentenced to life in prison. On March 25, 2020, Antonio Rivera was in the process of moving out of a ... Read More

Citrus County Man Sentenced to 15 Years for DUI Manslaughter
Citrus County Man Sentenced to 15 Years for DUI Manslaughter Kevin Cason, a 54-year-old resident of Citrus County, has pleaded no contest to charges of DUI Manslaughter in a case stemming from a tragic incident in 2021 that resulted in the death of a Homosassa man. Cason accepted a plea agreement that includes... Read More

Three Indictments Announced in Marion County Triple Homicide
Three Indictments Announced in Marion County Triple Homicide OCALA, FL - State Attorney, William “Bill” Gladson, announces the grand jury indictments of Robert Robinson, Tahj Brewton, and Christopher Atkins. All three defendants will be charged as adults in Marion County Circuit Court. Robinson and... Read More

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