When Blake Fitez met Victor Manns Jr. to sell him an iPhone, he had no way of knowing the interaction would end in his friend’s murder. Jurors deliberated about two hours on April 24 before finding Manns guilty of first-degree murder, robbery with a firearm, burglary with a firearm, and unlawful use of a two-way […]
Joshua Miller’s victim asked the judge to sentence her rapist to the maximum amount of prison time allowed by law. At Miller’s sentencing hearing on April 18, Judge Neil Roddenbery did just that in handing down a 15-year prison sentence. Miller was convicted by a jury of sexual battery, possession of cannabis, and possession of […]
Thomas Johnson violently raped a 2-year-old girl and hid bloody bed linens in the woods. Johnson pled no contest Thursday to sexual battery on a victim less than 12 and tampering with physical evidence. He is facing up to life in prison and has a two-day sentencing hearing scheduled for August 29 and 30. Johnson […]
Alfred Jenkins was fired from his job and arrested for grand theft, and he held Terry Yelvington personally responsible. In the early morning hours of Aug. 11, 2015, Jenkins drove to Yelvington’s home in Lake Alfred, shot him in the head, and stole his wallet. After two days of deliberation, a jury convicted Jenkins on […]