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 […]
RESCA FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING HIS OWN MOTHER
(Hernando County, FL) Friday afternoon, jurors delivered their verdict in the 2023 murder of 75-year-old Dabanee Cook-Resca, finding 46-year-old R W Resca Jr. guilty of Second-Degree Murder and Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. On November 19, 2023, Hernando County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) deputies were called to an area off Cortez Boulevard after a […]
BOILEAU SENTENCED IN FATAL SHOOTING OF GIRLFRIEND
(Marion County, FL) This morning, 33-year-old Leslie Boileau Jr. was sentenced for the fatal shooting of his girlfriend, 25-year-old Polina Wright. Weighing both Boileau’s previous background as a law enforcement officer and victim impact statements given by Wright’s family, Judge Timothy McCourt sentenced Boileau to 25 years, 8 months, and 20 days in prison. The […]
CASSIDY SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR CHILD MOLESTATION
(Citrus County, FL) Today, Judge Joel D. Fritton sentenced 45-year-old Christopher James Cassidy to Life in prison, with an additional 15-year sentence for his convictions. Last month, jurors found Cassidy guilty as charged for two counts of Lewd and Lascivious Molestation of a Child less than 12 years of age and two counts of Lewd […]
COLYER FOUND GUILTY OF SEXUAL BATTERY ON A CHILD
(Sumter County, FL) On November 4, 2025, in a Sumter County courtroom, jurors found 33-year-old Colton Steven Colyer guilty of three counts of Sexual Battery upon a Person under Twelve Years of Age and one count of Lewd and Lascivious Molestation of a Child. Colyer was taken into custody after the rendering of the verdict, […]
FRENCH SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS FOR TWO COUNTS OF VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER
(Hernando County, FL) On October 23, 2025, 34-year-old Corey Andrews French was found guilty by a jury of two counts of Vehicular Homicide, one count of Possession of a Firearm by Felon, and one count of Violation of Domestic Violence Injunction by Possessing a Firearm. Judge Daniel Merritt sentenced the defendant to 30 years in […]
SEARLE GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE IN BURGLARY CASE
(Marion County, FL) On October 24, 2025, 37-year-old Mitchel Andrew Searle was found guilty of Burglary with Battery, two counts of Burglary of a Dwelling, Burglary of a Structure, and three counts of Criminal Mischief. Judge Peter Brigham sentenced Searle to life in prison, followed by two concurrent fifteen-year sentences and a five-year concurrent sentence. […]
MARION MAN SENTENCED TO 11 LIFE SENTENCES FOR CAPITAL SEX BATTERY
(Marion County, FL) In the courtroom of the Honorable Judge Timothy McCourt, jurors found 44-year-old Howard Lee Whiteted III guilty on all counts: Following Whiteted’s conviction, Judge McCourt sentenced him to 11 consecutive life sentences. Whiteted was arrested in December of 2022 following a Marion County Sheriff’s Office investigation after a 14-year-old victim told a […]