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Hernando County Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Second Degree Murder
Hernando County Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Second Degree Murder On April 14, 2023, a Hernando County jury returned a verdict of guilty for Second Degree Murder with a Firearm. The defendant, Antonio Rivera, was sentenced to life in prison. On March 25, 2020, Antonio Rivera was in the process of moving out of a ... Read More

Citrus County Man Sentenced to 15 Years for DUI Manslaughter
Citrus County Man Sentenced to 15 Years for DUI Manslaughter Kevin Cason, a 54-year-old resident of Citrus County, has pleaded no contest to charges of DUI Manslaughter in a case stemming from a tragic incident in 2021 that resulted in the death of a Homosassa man. Cason accepted a plea agreement that includes... Read More

Three Indictments Announced in Marion County Triple Homicide
Three Indictments Announced in Marion County Triple Homicide OCALA, FL - State Attorney, William “Bill” Gladson, announces the grand jury indictments of Robert Robinson, Tahj Brewton, and Christopher Atkins. All three defendants will be charged as adults in Marion County Circuit Court. Robinson and... Read More

Life Sentence for Sumter County Murder
Life Sentence for Sumter County Murder In April, a Sumter County jury announced the conviction of Lorenzo Green for the murder of a local resident and the attempted murder of his girlfriend. In December of 2019, Lorenzo Green traveled up to Bushnell from South Florida, broke into the vict... Read More

Citrus County Man Gets Maximum Sentence for DUI Manslaughter
Citrus County Man Gets Maximum Sentence for DUI Manslaughter David Kahler, 38, was found guilty of DUI manslaughter in the 2022 death of a woman in Citrus County. He was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. On January 22, 2022, Kahler was driving a white Ford F250 heading southbound on Sta... Read More

Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Sexual Battery by a Person in Familial Authority
Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Sexual Battery by a Person in Familial Authority Samuel Padilla-Velez has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for Lewd and Lascivious Molestation of a Child Under 16 and Sexual Battery by a Person in Familial Authority. Padilla-Velez was found guilty at trial of sexually assaulting a family member... Read More

Sex Offender Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Video Voyeurism
Sex Offender Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Video Voyeurism Stephen A Crotty, 38, was sentenced to ten years in prison followed by five years of sex offender probation after pleading guilty to Video Voyeurism Against a Child Younger than 16 by a Person 24 Years of Age or Older and Tampering with Physical Evid... Read More

Sumter County Woman Given Maximum Sentence for Second-Degree Murder
Sumter County Woman Given Maximum Sentence for Second-Degree Murder Penny Rebecca Pospisil, a 51-year-old woman from Sumter County, was sentenced to life in prison for the murder and dismemberment of her physically disabled boyfriend. During the summer of 2018, while staying at the Lake Pan RV Village in Sumter Coun... Read More

Citrus County Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Animal Cruelty
Citrus County Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Animal Cruelty Jason Dion Munn, 48, was sentenced to nine years in the Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to 21 counts of Aggravated Animal Cruelty. Munn operated one of Citrus County’s largest dog breeders. Between April 5 and April 8, 2022, Mu... Read More

Missouri Man Found Guilty of DUI Manslaughter
Missouri Man Found Guilty of DUI Manslaughter Joseph Lindsey Charles Bailey, 36, was found guilty of DUI manslaughter in the 2019 death of a woman. The Marion County jury deliberated less than three hours before returning a verdict. In March of 2019, Bailey was driving a Ford Focus east on Stat... Read More

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