The fact that Cara Alane Ryan fired the fatal shots that spring Saturday in 2015 is not in question. The reason she shot John Joseph "J.J." Rush is the issue, and a Pinellas County jury took just two hours to decide that she acted in self defense. Represented by Bjorn...
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Month: January 2017
Brunvand and Futerman Win Aquittal in Murder Trial of Indian Rocks Beach Teacher
The fact that Cara Alane Ryan fired the fatal shots that spring Saturday in 2015 is not in question. The reason she shot John Joseph "J.J." Rush is the issue, and a Pinellas County jury took just two hours to decide that she acted in self defense. Represented by Bjorn...
Man Convicted of Killing St. Pete Officer As Juvenile Seeks Reduced Sentence
Nicholas Lemmon Lindsey, Jr. was sixteen when he allegedly shot to death St. Petersburg PD Officer David Crawford in February 2011. He has twice been sentenced to life in prison since then, but he began a third attempt at leniency, seeking a reduction in his sentence...
Florida Supreme Court Overturns Three Death Sentences
The Florida Supreme Court overturned three death sentences on Thursday, returning the question of the punishment each will endure to a new set of juries. The resentencing is putting into action a decision by the Court last month disallowing death sentences given by...
Allegedly Intoxicated Wrong-Way Driver Accused in Death of St. Pete Man
A Polk City man is in jail today after authorities allege that he drove the wrong way on I-4 and initiated a fatal crash while under the influence of alcohol.Twenty-four-year-old Travis Wade Coats is charged with DUI homicide and DUI with property damage for allegedly...
Tampa Postal Worker Found Guilty in Theft of $2MM in Social Security Checks
A former federal mail handler was convicted of charges relating to the theft of thousands of Social Security checks worth approximately $2 million dollars on Wednesday.A federal jury found Stacy Darnell Mitchell guilty of theft of government property and theft of...
Polk County Inmate Sentenced to Life in Jailer’s Slaying
A man convicted in 2015 for the death of a Polk County detention deputy was given a life sentence Wednesday.Terrence Jerome Barnett was sentenced to life in prison upon the recommendation of a Polk County jury. The jury voted 7-5 in favor of a death sentence, but, due...
Alcohol Suspected in Crash that Killed Brandon Man
Officers of the Florida Highway Patrol say that the man piloting a vehicle that ran a red light and struck another and killed its occupant was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash.Twenty-eight-year-old Johnathan Nicholas Honza was arrested just...
Homeless Man Dies During Arrest by St. Pete PD
A Tampa man expired in the course of an arrest by the St. Petersburg Police Wednesday morning.According to reports, officers were attempting to arrest Joshua George Dove, a thirty-five-year-old homeless man on a sidewalk on Fifth Avenue North near a homeless shelter....
Largo Man Accused of Murder in Fight Over a Woman
A nineteen-year-old Largo man is in custody after police say that he shot and killed another man on New Year's Eve in an altercation over a female with whom he had a romantic relationship.Jared Tyler Compton is facing first-degree murder charges due to allegedly...
