Valrico resident Michelle Guy was sentenced this week to 48 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. Her husband and co-defendant Kevin Guy was sentenced last month to 37 months in prison for his involvement in the same fraud. Each...
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Month: June 2013
Sarasota Man Pleads Guilty to Flying Under the Influence
The U.S. Attorney in Tampa announced earlier this month that Philip Lavoie of Sarasota pleaded guilty to operating a common carrier while under the influence of alcohol. These types of cases can be tried in federal court because of the authority of the Federal...
Seffner Man Charged After Discovery of Meth Lab
Acting on a Crime Stoppers tip that someone was manufacturing methamphetamine at a local motel, Hillsborough County deputies found an active lab beneath the bathroom sink in a room at the Masters Inn Tampa East in Seffner this week, according to a report from the...
Tampa Family Faces Aggravated Manslaughter Charges in Death of Disabled Woman
Mary Winston's family - her husband and three adult children - have been charged with aggravated manslaughter in her October 2012 death. Mary Winston had such severe rheumatoid arthritis that she couldn't move and depended on her family for care for three...
St. Petersburg Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Unintentional Shooting
This week, Larry Jay Reed was sentenced to 15 years in prison plus five years of probation in the 2010 shooting death of his pregnant girlfriend, Anastasia Boyd. A jury found Reed guilty of manslaughter after trial this spring.Prosecutors and defense attorneys both...
Brunvand to Represent Delmer Smith in Hearing Seeking New Trial
As reported this week in the Bradenton Herald, Delmer Smith will once again be in a Manatee County courtroom next week, seeking a new trial for his murder conviction in the slaying of Kathleen Briles.Bjorn Brunvand of this office will represent Smith.Briles was beaten...
Guilty & Not Guilty Verdicts in Tampa Fraud Trial
After a two-and-a-half month trial and almost three weeks of deliberation, a federal jury in Tampa found four health care corporation executives guilty of charges of submitting fraudulent reports to the state Medicaid program. The execs were found not guilty of many...
Brandon Man Acquitted of Killing Wife’s Lover
We reported here last month that Brandon resident Ralph Wald was on trial for the murder of Walter Conley. Conley was an on-again/off-again lover of Wald's wife who was shot and killed in Wald's wife after Wald discovered the two having sex. Wald maintained that he...