Brandon

Brandon Couple Sentenced to Life in Prison in Contract Murder Case

A federal court judge in Tampa sentenced Cristie Fay Bottorff and Jerry Alan Bottorff of Brandon this week to three concurrent terms of life in federal prison for the contract murder of Cristie Bottorff’s former husband, Thomas Lee Sehorne, of... [Read More]

Prosecutors To Decide Charges in Shooting Death of Brandon Teen

Nineteen-year-old Daniel Oliver of Brandon is dead after a Sunday afternoon shooting in the Providence Lakes area, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. No one has yet been charged with his murder. Officers were dispatched to a home at... [Read More]

Brandon Teen Acquitted of Attempted Murder

Seventeen-year-old Gerald Terrell Jones of Brandon was acquitted of attempted second-degree murder by a Hillsborough County jury earlier this month. Jones previously admitted to shooting his drug dealer in the face after a drug deal went bad. The trial judge... [Read More]

Sentencing in Hillsborough DUI Manslaughter

A Hillsborough Circuit judge sentenced Eric Dwayne Wilkerson of Brandon to four years in prison last week for hitting and killing a pedestrian while driving while intoxicated in January 2009. Wilkerson pleaded guilty last November to driving under the influence... [Read More]

Brandon Man Pleads Guilty to Murder, Avoids Death Penalty

Earlier this month, twenty-year-old Brendan Lee Terry pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree murder and kidnapping, related to the murder of Robert Brewer in May. Terry was sentenced to 30 years in prison, avoiding a possible death sentence... [Read More]

Hillsborough DUI Manslaughter Defendant Pleads Guilty

Kenneth Delmar Stewart pleaded guilty to five counts of DUI manslaughter and two counts of DUI with serious bodily injury this week in Hillsborough County Circuit Court. Stewart’s sentencing is scheduled for July 17 but his plea agreement with prosecutors... [Read More]