FLEEING & ELUDING DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO TWO DECADES IN PRISON
(Marion County, FL) After a one-day jury trial, 42-year-old James Marion Brady has been found guilty on all charges related to a pursuit by law enforcement back in 2024. Brady was convicted of Burglary of an Authorized Emergency Vehicle, Fleeing or Attempting to Elude, and Grand Theft of a Motor Vehicle. Judge Peter M. Brigham […]
26-YEAR-OLD LOPEZ SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR THE MURDER OF RAIED SHIHADEH
(Lake County, FL) Today, December 17, 2025, jurors delivered their verdict in the 2024 murder case of 51-year-old Raied Shihadeh. After nearly three hours of deliberation, jurors found 26-year-old Alex Lopez guilty of First-Degree Murder and Robbery with a Firearm. Judge Brian Welke sentenced Lopez to Life in prison without the possibility of parole. “Less […]
MCMASTERS CONVICTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
(Marion County, FL) On Friday, December 12, 2025, a jury found 45-year-old Michael Alton McMasters guilty of twenty felony counts of Possession of Child Pornography. Judge Willard Pope ordered McMasters into custody to await his sentencing hearing, which will take place after a presentence investigation is completed. In January of 2024, law enforcement officials at […]
VALENCIA FOUND GUILTY OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER
(Marion County, FL) On December 11, 2025, a Marion County jury found 24-year-old Henry Jonathan Valencia guilty of Second-Degree Murder with a Firearm. The defendant was sentenced to Life in prison following his conviction. Back in May of this year, multiple deputies with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) responded to the Petro Gas Station […]
MONTOGMERY FOUND GUILTY IN 2023 GRIZZLY MURDER OF OCALA MAN
(Marion County, FL) Yesterday afternoon, jurors delivered their verdict in the 2023 murder case of 40-year-old Wayne Barlow. After a brief deliberation of the evidence presented and compelling testimony by 39-year-old co-defendant Jessica Lynn Long, jurors found 48-year-old Michael Montgomery Jr. guilty of First-Degree Murder with a Firearm. Montgomery was also convicted of Fleeing or […]
REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDER SENTENCED IN VIOLATION OF PROBATION FOR FELONY BURGLARY & BATTERY CASE
(Citrus County, FL) Yesterday, in Judge Joel D. Fritton’s courtroom, after two hours of testimony and final arguments, 31-year-old Darien Andrew Hauter was sentenced to 20 years in the Florida Department of Corrections, after being found guilty of violating his probation on the original charges of; Burglary of a Dwelling with Battery, two counts of […]
STOCKER FOUND GUILTY BY JURY IN SOLICITATION OF MINOR CASE
(Marion County, FL) Last week, in the courtroom of the Honorable Judge Timothy T. McCourt, jurors found 28-year-old Malachi Immanuel Stocker guilty after deliberating for less than half an hour. Stocker was convicted of Traveling to Meet a Minor, Soliciting a Child for Unlawful Sexual Conduct, and Unlawful Use of a Two-way Device. He is […]
POTTER FOUND GUILTY IN AGGRAVATED BATTERY CASE INVOLVING A DEADLY WEAPON
(Hernando County, FL) On Wednesday, December 3, 2025, jurors rendered a guilty verdict in the case against 49-year-old Jeannie Potter. Potter was charged with Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon after her 2024 arrest. Potter was taken into custody to await her sentencing hearing on January 22, 2026, while a presentence investigation is conducted. Just […]
GANSER AND CAMBRE FOUND GUILTY OF KIDNAPPING & ROBBERY
(Marion County, FL) Last week, 52-year-old Ronald Cyril Ganser and 60-year-old Mark J. Cambre were found guilty of Principal to Kidnapping, Burglary of a Dwelling with Assault, and Principal to Robbery with a Firearm. After the verdict was rendered, Judge Peter M. Brigham sentenced both defendants to Life in prison. The case began on […]
CONNOR SENTENCED TO LIFE IN ARMED ROBBERY AND IMPRISONMENT CASE
(Marion County, FL) This morning, 57-year-old Robert Leroy Connor II was sentenced to Life in prison. Connor was found guilty on all charges during his jury trial in September of this year. He was convicted of Robbery with a Weapon, two counts of False Imprisonment While Armed, and Grand Theft of a Motor Vehicle. Concurrent […]