JOHNSON SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR MULTIPLE SEX CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN
(Hernando County, FL) Today, the Office of State Attorney Bill Gladson of the Fifth Judicial Circuit announces the Life sentence of 45-year-old Andrew Paul Johnson. Back in February of this year, Johnson was found guilty of Lewd or Lascivious Molestation of a Victim less than 12 years of age, Lewd or Lascivious Molestation of a […]
DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR BURGLARY AND BATTERY CASE
(Citrus County, FL) This morning, 28-year-old Sarah Jeanne Gatke was sentenced to 24 months in the Florida Department of Corrections, followed by 6 years of probation for her 2025 arrest, which resulted in the charges of Burglary of Conveyance with Battery, Felony Battery, and Resist Law Enforcement Officer without Violence. Gatke originally pleaded no contest […]
ROSS SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER
(Citrus County, FL) Today, 37-year-old Dwann Demetrius Ross Jr. was sentenced to Life in prison. Ross was found guilty last month of Second-Degree Murder with a Firearm for the death of 33-year-old Traske C. Johnson, who was gunned down outside his business. “Today’s life sentence ensures this defendant will never again have the opportunity to […]
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 conviction, Judge Cary F. Rada […]
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 Victim less than 12 years […]
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 […]