Clearwater Criminal Defense Law Blog

A Largo man authorities say fatally beat his neighbor last month was arrested last week and charged with his murder.Largo police say they were summoned to a local mobile home park on June 9 to respond to the report of an unconscious man. Upon their arrival, officers say they discovered Richard Lariviere, who was bleeding and not conscious at the time of his discovery.He was taken via ambulance to Bayfront Health St. Petersburg for treatment. Investigators say his injuries were grievous and, sixteen days later, proved to be mortal. Hospital officials pronounced him dead on June 25.Lariviere's...

Although there remains a question of jurisdiction, the boyfriend of a Hernando County park ranger whose body was discovered afloat in a waterway in Georgia will face charges related to her death.Per authorities, Mitzi Marie Babb was last seen on June 19, leading to a search by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office two days later. They say the search ended on June 29 with the discovery of her remains floating in a waterway in Camden County in southeastern Georgia.As police were searching for Babb, authorities in Peach County, Georgia issued a warrant for the arrest of Jeffrey Michael Morrison...