A Riverview man is in jail today, accused of brutally killing his mother on her birthday. Joshua Leon Carmona was arrested last Tuesday after Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies say he beat his mother with a baseball bat before delivering the coup de grâce with a...
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Month: March 2017
Brunvand Successfully Motions for Resentencing in 2008 Murder Conviction
A Pasco County judge ordered a new penalty phase for a man on Florida's Death Row last week based upon a motion for relief filed by Bjorn Brunvand. Senior Judge William Webb granted the order for resentencing in favor of Phillup Alan Partin, who was sentenced to death...
Brunvand Successfully Motions for Resentencing in 2008 Murder Conviction
A Pasco County judge ordered a new penalty phase for a man on Florida's Death Row last week based upon a motion for relief filed by Bjorn Brunvand. Senior Judge William Webb granted the order for resentencing in favor of Phillup Alan Partin, who was sentenced to death...
Homeowner Allegedly Shoots Two Brothers, Killing One, at Gathering in Seffner
Authorities say a gathering at a mobile home in Seffner turned deadly last Wednesday after they responded to a 9-1-1 call placed by the man they allege to have shot two other people. Martin Alfred Johnson placed a call to the emergency number around ten o'clock that...
Wesley Chapel Woman Charged with DUI After Allegedly Leaving Accident Scene
A Wesley Chapel woman was apprehended last week after police say she left the scene of an accident she caused while driving drunk. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say Wendy Ann Rogers was driving east on State Road 56 at Maple Parkway when her 2013 Ford Edge...
Former Jabil Exec’s Death Penalty Trial to Go Forward After Florida Supreme Court Ruling
A Florida Supreme Court ruling has cleared the way for a retrial of a former executive at Jabil Circuit, Inc. who is accused of murdering his wife and her friend. Patrick Albert Evans of Saint Petersburg Beach was a vice president at Jabil in 2008, and married to...
Pinellas Park Man Charged with DUI Manslaughter After Fiery Crash
Eight people were injured and a ninth was killed in a fiery car crash that officers of the Florida Highway Patrol say was the result of a Pinellas Park man drunkenly driving the vehicle several of them occupied. Eighteen-year-old Donavan Leigh Patterson is accused by...
Lakeland Dance Instructor Sentenced to Twelve Years in Prison for Alleged 2015 DUI Manslaughter
A Lakeland dance instructor was sentenced to a dozen years in Florida prison last Monday after being found guilty of DUI manslaughter. Deputies from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office say Brian A. DeFreitas was driving home in early October 2015 when he collided...
Tampa Man Charged with DUI Manslaughter After Collision with Motorcycle
A St. Petersburg man is dead and a Tampa man is facing a charge of DUI manslaughter after a collision last Sunday afternoon in Pinellas Park. According to police, Anthony Robert Davis was driving a blue Ford Mustang on Gandy Boulevard at Grand Avenue at around 4:40...
St. Pete Man Charged in 2015 Slaying
St. Petersburg Police arrested a man they allege was involved in the killing of a teenager in the course of a robbery of his home in 2015. Jesse Paul Greene was taken into custody last week after an investigation that lasted over a year. Detectives say they suspected...