Seventeen-year-old Land O'Lakes High School student Dustin Sean White was shot and killed in a parking lot at a party in 2009. His acquaintance who fired the gun pleaded guilty to manslaughter as part of a plea agreement last week.Douglas Gabriel Cevallos Jr. picked...
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Month: February 2013
Pasco County Man Charged with DUI After Clearwater Crash
Randall Fowler of Holiday, Florida in Pasco County, faces a DUI charge after crashing his pickup truck into a house in Clearwater. He was caught by neighbors as he tried to run away, according to police.Law enforcement said Fowler lost control of his 2002 Chevrolet...
Hillsborough County to Begin Fining Sellers of Synthetic Drugs
Last week, Hillsborough County commissioners unanimously passed an ordinance that will fine people selling synthetic drugs such as bath salts and synthetic marijuana up to $500 for each package. They hope it will persuade store owners countywide to take the products...
Psychologists Retained by State and Defense to Evaluate New Tampa Mother Accused of Murdering Children
Prosecutors in Hillsborough Countywill have state-retained psychologists evaluate Julie Schenecker, in order to offer an opinion to the court as to the New Tampa mother's mental state at the time of the fatal shooting her two children in 2011. Schenecker is charged...
Pinellas County Man Represents Himself in Murder Trial
William Chad Routenberg went through three defense attorneys before advising a Pinellas County court that he would represent himself in a first-degree murder trial. The trial started this week. Routenberg claims admits killing his girlfriend in 2011 but claims it was...
Pasco County Woman Charged with Murder of Infant
Authorities in Pasco County charged Chekayla Dampier with second-degree murder. They accuse Dampier of murdering her 7-week old son last April by holding him under a spout of blistering 142-degree water as a punishment for crying. At the time of the baby's death,...
Former Teacher Sentenced for Hernando County DUI Manslaughter
Former schoolteacher Robert McCraw was sentenced last week in Hernando County's circuit court for the DUI manslaughter of Ludolf Breymann in Spring Hill. The accident occurred on January 3, 2011. McCraw was sentenced to five years in prison for driving under the...
Pinellas Jury Continues to Deliberate in Capital Murder Trial
The Pinellas Country capital murder trial of Ralph "Ron" Wright Jr. continues this week, the fourth week of trial. The case was submitted to the jury for deliberation and jurors in the trial deliberated for 12 hours before recessing for the night.After about seven...