Carlos Fernandez, 23, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for operating a motorcycle that fatally struck a teenage pedestrian during an illegal street racing event in January 2023. The sentence, handed down on June 2, will be followed by 13 years of probation. The incident occurred shortly afterContinue Reading
On Monday, June 2, 2025, Margaret Caitlin Walker was sentenced to eight years in prison for DUI Manslaughter in connection with the death of a University of Florida graduate student on November 27, 2022. The incident occurred during nighttime hours on South Main Street, where Walker, driving a 2017 VolvoContinue Reading
Kimberly Lovitt, 52, of Pace, Florida, and Amy Williams, 46, of Milton, Florida, have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in embezzling over $844,000 from their employer. Lovitt received a 36-month sentence, while Williams was sentenced to 18 months. Both were convicted of wire fraud, money laundering, andContinue Reading
Zackery Brandon Barfield, 31, of Panama City, Florida, was sentenced to 30 days in prison and ordered to pay a $51,000 fine for three counts of poisoning and shooting dolphins, violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. The sentencing was announced by MichelleContinue Reading
U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Robert Donoso, 33, of Orlando, to seven years and three months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Donoso pleaded guilty on February 26, 2025. According to court documents, Donoso was involved in importing and distributing methamphetamine for approximately a yearContinue Reading
A Colorado man, Michael Karl Geilenfeld, 73, most recently of Littleton, has been sentenced to 210 years in prison for the sexual abuse of numerous children at St. Joseph’s Home for Boys, an orphanage he founded and directed in Haiti. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, GeilenfeldContinue Reading
Steven R. Parker of Ormond Beach was sentenced on May 27, 2025, to eight years in Florida State Prison, followed by 22 years of probation, for multiple cases of contractor fraud committed in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. Following the 2023 hurricane and during a declared state of emergency, ParkerContinue Reading
UPDATE: On Monday, July 7, 2025, Antonio Caban was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Original Post: A 36-year-old man has been found guilty of kidnapping and assault in connection with a violent crime spree in 2023 that terrorized his wife and their four children across multiple counties, culminatingContinue Reading
Gulfcoast Eye Care, an ophthalmology practice with offices in Pinellas Park, Palm Harbor, and St. Petersburg, has agreed to pay $615,000 to settle allegations of submitting false claims to Medicare and Medicaid through a kickback arrangement involving medically unnecessary trans-cranial doppler ultrasounds (TCDs). According to the U.S. Department of Justice,Continue Reading
William Conway Broyles, 60, has been sentenced to life in Florida State Prison after pleading guilty to three counts of First-Degree Murder for the 2021 killings of his wife, son, and daughter, State Attorney Melissa Nelson announced. On December 1, 2021, the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 callContinue Reading