Judge Wayne Durden told Tyrone Laster Monday that there wasn’t a single aspect of his case that wasn’t tragic. Laster, 43, shot his friend Chauncey Rollins in the back of the head over a money discrepancy in a drug deal. Rollins was $20 short after finalizing a deal, and Laster was angry about it. “You […]
James Brady, 62, was sentenced to life Thursday after a jury found him guilty of attempted second-degree murder for shooting his wife in the arm with a shotgun. After shooting her, Brady left his wife bleeding on their front porch, yelling that it was her fault he shot her. Jurors also found Brady guilty of […]
BARTOW – Polk jurors unanimously recommended the death sentence Friday in what’s believed to be the first death verdict under the new death penalty law signed by the governor last month. After deliberating about four hours, 12 jurors unanimously found that convicted murderer Benjamin Smiley should be sentenced to death for the 2013 fatal shooting […]
Lenard Masten, who has previous violent crime convictions, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday. Masten, 26, was found guilty on March 17 of three counts of robbery with a firearm, armed kidnapping, two counts of armed false imprisonment, burglary of a dwelling with an assault while armed with a firearm, possession of a […]