Office of The State Attorney, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Florida
Serving the Citizens of Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, and Sumter Counties
Office of The State Attorney, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Florida
Serving the Citizens of Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, and Sumter Counties

GUILTY VERDICT SECURED IN OPERATION POISON CONTROL ARREST

(Lake County, FL) On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, Lake County jurors delivered a critical verdict, finding 50-year-old Rodney Dewayne Goodman guilty of the Sale of Fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a Convenience Business and Possession with the Intent to Sell/Deliver Fentanyl within 1,000 feet of a Convenience Business. As a result of this guilty verdict on felony charges, Goodman is facing 60 Years in the Florida Department of Corrections.

LAKE COUNTY MAN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING PREGNANT STEPMOTHER

(Lake County, FL) In an update of a case that deeply impacted the Eustis area community, 26-year-old Ian Anselmo was found guilty by a Lake County jury Friday afternoon for the fatal strangulation of his expectant stepmother, 39-year-old Sue Ellen Anselmo. Ian Anselmo was charged and found guilty of Murder in the Second-Degree and Killing an Unborn Child by Injury to the Mother.

PROSECUTORS SECURED GUILTY VERDICT IN 2023 PURSE SNATCHING ROBBERIES

(Citrus County, FL) Tuesday, April 9, 2024, Citrus County jurors delivered a decisive verdict, finding 21-year-old Arnecia Jazzell Rose guilty on all charges, including Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer, Aggravated Fleeing to Elude, Principal to Attempted Robbery, and Conspiracy to Commit Robbery. The conviction stems from a series of attempted purse snatch robberies that […]

INDIANA MAN FOUND GUILTY OF FLEEING & BATTERING LEO

(Sumter County, FL) On Friday, April 5, 2024, 61-year-old Dean Larry Oneal was found guilty of Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer, Resisting Law Enforcement Officer with Violence, Fleeing and Attempting to Elude Law Enforcement, and Possession of Paraphernalia.

LEMON SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS FOR 2020 MURDER

(Citrus County, FL) Last week, in a significant development following a lengthy legal process, 29-year-old David Jerome Lemon Jr. was sentenced to a minimum mandatory of 25 Years in the Florida Department of Corrections after entering a plea.

SERIAL BANK ROBBER SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS FOR 2022 ROBBERY

(Citrus County, FL) Yesterday, in a Citrus County courtroom, 46-year-old Jeromee Wade Greenough, a Habitual Felony Offender, was sentenced to 40 Years in the Florida Department of Corrections for Robbery with a Weapon, two counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon without the Intent to Kill while Masked, two counts of Aggravated Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, and Fleeing and Eluding Law Enforcement.

EX-TEACHER FOUND GUILTY OF SEXUAL BATTERY ON FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT

(Lake County, FL) Last week, 51-year-old Dmitri Kostyunin, a former Apopka High School teacher, was found guilty by a Lake County jury of Engaging in an Act that Constitutes Sexual Battery upon a Child 12 Years of Age or Older but Younger than 18 years of Age by a Person in Familial or Custodial Authority, Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor, and Delivery of Cannabis to a Person Under the Age of 18 Years by a Person Over the Age of 18.