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According to the latest statistics released by local law enforcement, Manatee County has the highest murder rate per capita in the Tampa Bay area with 22 murders so far in 2009. Manatee County only had 22 murders over the course... [Read More]
Troy Sierra of St. Petersburg was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his girlfriend in 2007. A jury convicted Sierra of first-degree murder for the shooting death of Kelly Burgess. The trial lasted three days. In the... [Read More]
Unsurprisingly, an Orange County judge canceled the October trial date for the Casey Anthony capital murder case. No new trial date was set although a status hearing is now scheduled for January 10, 2010. (A change of venue motion filed... [Read More]
The capital murder trial of John Lee Hampton is under way in Pinellas County this week. Hampton faces the death penalty if he is convicted of murdering Lashonda McKinnes in June, 2007 at her apartment in north Clearwater. Opening statements... [Read More]
Prosecutors in Tampa have announced that they will seek the death penalty against Richard Anthony McTear Jr. if he is convicted of murdering 3-month-old Emanuel Wesley Murray in May. McTear is accused of throwing the infant on a concrete floor... [Read More]
Most Americans spent Memorial Day remembering lost loved ones and military heroes. But May 25, 2009 was a remarkable date in Florida for another reason. It was the 30th anniversary of the nation’s first involuntary execution after a four year... [Read More]
The Sarasota murder trial of Elton Murphy started this week. Prosecutors charged Murphy with the first-degree murder of gallery owner Joyce Wishart in January 2004. In opening statements, prosecutors claimed that Murphy picked Wishart out as a rape victim because... [Read More]
Casey Anthony, the Orlando woman charged with capital murder in the death of her young daughter last summer, plans to ask a judge for a change of venue. If the request is granted, the trial will be held outside of... [Read More]
The nationally known Innocence Project has taken up the case of convicted Manatee County rapist Derrick Williams. They were banking on the importance of a single strand of hair and hoping that it was the key to reversing Williams’ conviction... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: Violent CrimesOrange County prosecutors filed notice of their intent to seek the death penalty in their case against Casey Anthony today. Anthony is charged with the first-degree murder of her two-year-old daughter Caylee. In a case that has captivated the nation... [Read More]
Benjamin Wibben from Fort Myers was sentenced Thursday in a Hillsborough County court to life in prison for robbing and killing a Plant City couple who sold cars over the Internet. Wibben pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder... [Read More]
Joshua Altersberger pleaded guilty to first degree murder at the Polk County Courthouse in Bartow, FL late last week. Prosecutors had previously filed notice of intent to seek the death penalty and the case was set for trial later this... [Read More]
A rare federal death penalty case was tried in Tampa this month. The case involved an execution-style murder in a Bartow drug house. Bartow is the county seat of Polk County, just east of Tampa and Hillsborough County. The U.S... [Read More]
His attorneys, William Bennett and Bjorn Brunvand, constructed a defense around the theory that [Phillup Alan Partin]‘s longtime friend Fred Kaufman killed the teenager. Partin and his daughter Patrisha were living with Kaufman at his Port Richey home at the... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: Violent Crimes[Thane Covert] then appointed private lawyer Bjorn Brunvand to defend [John Allen Ditullio] at both pending trials. Brunvand, who was in court Wednesday after initially being appointed to assist Ditullio, said he needs to handle both cases to provide the... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: Violent Crimes
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