An Alabama jury acquitted Gabe Watson of murdering his wife during an Australian honeymoon in 2003. Watson previously spent 18 months in an Australian jail for the drowning death of his new wife Tina during a diving trip, where he... [Read More]
Neha Patel of Lakeland was charged in Polk County this week with first-degree murder related to the death of her 1-year-old son, Ishan. Polk County Sheriff’s Office investigators say that Patel slapped the one-year old on Thursday and then purposefully... [Read More]
As reported by the Tampa Bay Times and Channel 8 News, the Pinellas County murder trial of Stephanie Spurgeon began last week. Ms. Spurgeon is being defended by attorneys Bjorn Brunvand and Ron Kurpiers. Ms. Spurgeon is a former Palm... [Read More]
A federal judge in Tampa sentenced Elias Estupinan Rengifo of Colombia to 135 months in federal prison for conspiring with others to possess with intent to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine on-board vessels subject to the jurisdiction of... [Read More]
Kristian C. Brooks-Marlar of Lakeland has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Matthew Ross McCraney, also of Lakeland. Polk County sheriff’s detectives allege that Brooks-Marlar and McCraney got into a fight early last Sunday morning. The two... [Read More]
Two and a half years after the August 2009 car crash that killed Leigh Ann Hallett and Robert Hallett of New Port Richey, 27-year-old Michelle Marie Jensen was charged with DUI manslaughter and arrested. After being booked into the Pinellas... [Read More]
Late last week, a federal jury in Tampa found William “Ondra” Joel of Oxford, Florida and Maurice Vernon of Tampa guilty of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud and making false statements on loan applications submitted to FDIC-insured... [Read More]
Attorneys involved in the capital murder case against John Kalisz in Hernando County spent all day Tuesday questioning prospective jury members. They begin another day of jury selection on Wednesday morning. Kalisz, already convicted of killing a sheriff’s deputy in... [Read More]
Brothers Isidro and Carlos Jones were denied bond in a newly filed murder charge against them in Pinellas County Circuit Court. The brothers are charged with killing Zorana Lebedic in Clearwater back in September as she rode her bicycle home... [Read More]
Julian Ospina-Florez, a naturalized citizen from Colombia, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder this week after a Tampa physician and his wife were shot and killed. The Hillsborough County Sheriff and prosecutors accus Ospina-Florez of shooting Hector... [Read More]
George Hondrellis, co-defendant in former Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin White’s corruption case, has been deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial. According to the federal magistrate on the case, Hondrellis will be treated for his mental condition for at least four... [Read More]
Six months after Tampa physician, Dr. Christina Paylan and her boyfriend, Joseph Abdo, were charged in state court for drug possession, the charges have now been dismissed. Last summer, police found syringes and empty boxes of Demerol in the trash... [Read More]
In late November, Alcisviades Polanco of Tampa cut off Wathson Adelson, also of Tampa, in traffic on Manhattan Avenue. Adelson then sped around Polanco and stopped his car. Both men got out of their cars and began to argue. The... [Read More]
Debra Jean Smith of Tampa was arrested and charged earlier this month with DUI manslaughter after a crash in Lutz. 71-year-old Helen Teresa Wallace of Clearwater was killed. According to authorities, Smith failed to stop at the intersection of Sunset... [Read More]
As reported in the St. Petersburg Times last week, Phillip J. Peterson and his attorney Bjorn Brunvand of this office reached a plea agreement with prosecutors in the midst of his trial for second-degree murder. Peterson was accused of shooting... [Read More]
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