GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Three men have been convicted in the 2017 shooting death of 23-year-old Hawthorne resident Christin Cassels, bringing a yearslong Alachua County investigation that eventually relied on newly developed cellphone and geofencing data to a jury verdict. Following a weeklong trial, 38-year-old Nikenson Perin was found guilty ofContinue Reading
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. – A woman accused of taking more than $100,000 from a disabled adult while serving as the person’s temporary guardian has been arrested following an investigation by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office Guardianship Task Force. Inez Laraine Sullivan is accused of transferring money from the victim’sContinue Reading
PANAMA CITY, Fla. – A former Bay County Animal Control employee has been arrested after witnesses accused him of abusing animals in the agency’s care, including striking dogs with a catch pole and mistreating a kitten as it was being euthanized, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office. Cameron TylerContinue Reading
PALATKA, Fla. – A 40-year-old Belleview woman faces up to 30 years in prison after a Putnam County jury convicted her of leading deputies on a high-speed chase with her three teenage children inside the vehicle. Sherry Denese Martin was found guilty following a two-day trial of fleeing or attemptingContinue Reading
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A 19-year-old Daytona Beach man has been sentenced to mandatory life in prison after a Volusia County jury convicted him of sexually assaulting a child younger than 12. Cameron Sheffield Jr. was found guilty Friday, Sept. 25, of sexual battery on a person younger than 12Continue Reading
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A man faces at least 15 years in prison after a St. Johns County jury convicted him of trafficking cocaine following the discovery of more than 2 kilograms of the drug in his vehicle during an Interstate 95 traffic stop. 29-year-old Jahdiel Salgado Charbonier wasContinue Reading
ORANGE CITY, Fla. – A Volusia County jury has convicted Michael Smith on three felony charges stemming from a January confrontation in which prosecutors said he advanced toward an Orange City police officer with a knife before being shot as he entered a bank. Following a full-day trial, Smith wasContinue Reading
DELAND, Fla. – A Volusia County man accused of severely abusing three children inside a DeLand home has been sentenced to 45 years in state prison after pleading no contest to 24 felony charges. Shawn Stone entered the pleas during a Sept. 17 hearing in Volusia County. His charges includedContinue Reading
PALATKA, Fla. – Ramon Gomez-Hernandez Jr. has been sentenced to life in prison for a 2023 shooting he committed at age 16 that killed one person and seriously wounded two others. Circuit Judge Alicia Washington sentenced Gomez-Hernandez, now 19, on Sept. 16. Because he was a juvenile when the crimeContinue Reading
BUNNELL, Fla. – An Ormond Beach man accused of severely injuring a domestic violence victim and then attempting to interfere with the investigation has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. William Powers, 35, pleaded no contest Aug. 20 to charges stemmingContinue Reading