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 under 12 years of age […]
MCMASTERS SENTENCED TO TWENTY LIFE SENTENCES IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASE
(Marion County, FL) On Wednesday morning, February 4, 2026, Judge Peter M. Brigham sentenced 45-year-old Michael Alton McMasters to twenty Life sentences in the Florida Department of Corrections. Back in December of 2025, a jury found McMasters guilty of twenty felony counts of Possession of Child Pornography. The case against McMasters developed in January of […]
JURY RETURNS GUILTY VERDICT IN DUNNELLON ROAD RAGE CASE INVOLVING ELDERLY VICTIM
(Marion County, FL) On Friday, January 23, 2026, jurors rendered a guilty verdict in the courtroom of Judge Peter M. Brigham during the trial of 58-year-old Scott Alan Chamness. Chamness was found guilty as charged for the offenses of Burglary of a Conveyance with an Assault and Battery on a Person 65 Years of Age […]
DEFENDANT FOUND GUILTY IN 2024 MOTEL 6 SHOOTING
(Marion County, FL) Yesterday, after a two-day trial where the prosecution presented compelling video evidence, a jury found 37-year-old Donald Lorenzo Roberts Jr. guilty on all counts. Roberts was charged with Aggravated Battery with a Firearm, Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Tampering with Physical Evidence, Discharging a Firearm in Public, and Providing False […]
POTTER SENTENCED IN AGGRAVATED BATTERY CASE INVOLVING A DEADLY WEAPON
(Hernando County, FL) Today, 49-year-old Jeannie Potter was sentenced to 15 years in prison, after being found guilty of Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon by a jury back in December of last year. Potter was originally arrested just two days before Christmas in 2024, after deputies with the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office responded to […]
CHASSAHOWITZKA MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR AGGRAVATED STALKING WITH CREDIBLE THREAT
(Citrus County, FL) Today, 58-year-old Christen Ray Brock was adjudicated guilty of Aggravated Stalking with Credible Threat, Aggravated Stalking – Violation of Injunction, and Violation of Condition of Pre-trial Release. Having reviewed the defendant’s criminal history spanning nearly 40 years, meeting the guidelines as a Habitual Felony Offender, Judge Joel D. Fritton sentenced Brock to […]
CITRUS COUNTY MAN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER WITH A FIREARM
(Citrus County, FL) Today, a Citrus County jury found 37-year-old Dwann Demetrius Ross Jr. guilty of Second-Degree Murder with a Firearm. This verdict follows the detailed investigation into the death of 33-year-old Traske C. Johnson, who was gunned down outside his business. After the verdict was rendered, Ross was remanded into custody to await his […]
KIMBERLEY MILLS SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR MURDER OF HER SON, SET TO TESTIFY AGAINST CO-DEFENDANT ANDRE WALKER
(Lake County, FL) In the courtroom of the Honorable Judge Rada, 38-year-old Kimberley Leonie Mills was adjudicated guilty and sentenced to Life in prison for the murder of her son, 10-year-old Xavier Williams. As part of Mills’ plea, she will testify against her co-defendant in the case, 37-year-old Andre Dwayne Walker, later this year during […]
TRACEY STANLEY SENTENCED IN MURDER OF ROOMMATE
(Citrus County, FL) On Friday, January 9, 2026, 63-year-old Tracey Lee Stanley was sentenced for the murder of her roommate, 72-year-old Andrea Kathleen Day. Back in October of 2025, Stanley entered an open plea to the court, pleading no contest, in the case against her in lieu of going to trial. Stanley was charged with […]
HERNANDO COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR MOLESTING MULTIPLE CHILDREN
(Hernando County, FL) On December 18, 2025, 50-year-old Kevin Christopher Hanrahan was sentenced to Life in the Florida Department of Corrections. Hanrahan was found guilty after trial, back in October, of Lewd and Lascivious Conduct and four counts of Lewd or Lascivious Molestation of a Child Under 12. Back in January of 2024, it was […]