A Polk County jury acquitted a Lakeland man defended by J. Jervis Wise last month on charges of first-degree murder and armed robbery in relation to the shooting death of an auto mechanic and alleged drug dealer in 2008.Kaheem Shakel Bennett, who was fifteen at the...
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Month: October 2016
Tampa Woman Convicted of Fraudulently Charging $2.5 MM to Medicare
A Tampa woman is awaiting sentencing on a conviction of fraud and money-laundering charges relating to her alleged participation in a multi-million dollar Medicare fraud scheme.Pilar Garcia Lorenzo was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and...
Sentenced to Life, Brunvand Wins Greenwood Man’s Freedom from Prison
Corey Rocker turned eighteen in prison, convicted of a murder in which he never touched the weapon used in it. He turned twenty one and twenty five there, too, and marked his twenty-sixth birthday there this spring, knowing nothing but the gray cinder block walls of...
Brunvand Wins Acquittal in Federal Murder Trial
Staring a life sentence in federal prison in the face, a St. Petersburg man is now awaiting sentencing on lesser crimes after a jury unanimously found him not guilty of murder.Corey D. Harris, a twenty-five-year-old, was acquitted after a grueling three-month trial...