BUNNELL, Fla. – A Flagler County jury took just 20 minutes to convict a man of first-degree murder after a two-day trial in the 2024 stabbing death of his wife outside their home. The jury, consisting of 10 women and two men, found Jermaine Williams Sr. guilty as charged ofContinue Reading
DAYTONA BEACH, FL — A repeat sex offender who attempted to abduct a 7-year-old girl inside a Daytona Beach retail store has been sentenced to 30 years in state prison, where he must serve his time “day for day” under Florida’s recidivism laws. 56-year-old Timmothy Hall was found guilty byContinue Reading
TAMPA, Fla. A Lakeland man who admitted to illegally possessing the firearm used in a 2020 Christmas Eve shootout that killed a 70-year-old grandmother and wounded three others has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, federal prosecutors announced. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Mizelle sentenced 29-year-old Taqiy Lewis ofContinue Reading
OCALA, FL — A 57-year-old registered sex offender who brazenly told an undercover detective that he was “grooming” them has been sentenced to life in federal prison without the possibility of parole. Trevor Hedge, of Ocala, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber following his conviction by aContinue Reading
CROSS CITY, FL — A Dixie County man has been ordered to spend the next two decades in state prison following a felony sentencing hearing on severe familial abuse charges. Leon Anthony Davis was officially sentenced on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, to 20 years in the Florida Department of Corrections.Continue Reading
A Polk County fentanyl dealer already facing multiple drug trafficking charges has now been indicted for first-degree murder in connection with a fatal overdose investigation. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, a grand jury indicted 39-year-old William Benjamin Newton Jr. of Dundee on May 14 for the death ofContinue Reading
TAMPA, Florida – A judge sentenced Alicia Andrews to 15 years in prison after a jury found her guilty of manslaughter in the killing of Jacksonville rapper Charles Jones, known professionally as Julio Foolio. The 15-year sentence was the maximum allowed under state law. Before sentencing, Jones’ mother, Sandrikas Mays,Continue Reading
TAMPA, Florida – A 24-year-old man was sentenced to 50 years in prison followed by lifetime probation after pleading guilty to multiple child sex crime charges in Hillsborough County. According to prosecutors, Christopher Jollimore pleaded guilty to six counts of attempted sexual battery involving a victim younger than 12, fourContinue Reading
ORMOND-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. — A man who admitted to fatally shooting an off-duty police officer inside a convenience store in 2025 has been sentenced to life in prison, according to prosecutors. During a hearing Monday, May 18, 2026, Eduardo Labrada Machado pleaded no contest to First-Degree Murder with a Firearm andContinue Reading
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that a man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl into the United States. Cesar Caldera-Garcia, 40, was convicted following an investigation into a drug trafficking organization operating out of Mexico. Authorities said he previously had aContinue Reading