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Haines City man sexually battered girl, got her pregnant

JURY VERDICT: Haines City man sexually battered girl, got her pregnant

DNA testing revealed there was a 99.99 percent chance Delwyn Manuel was the father of his victim’s unborn child. The jury deliberated for about 45 minutes, convicting 53-year-old Manuel on Nov. 1 of sexual battery with familial or custodial authority. He is facing life in prison and will be sentenced Dec. 15. Assistant State Attorney […]

Winter Haven woman charged with murder, sentenced to life

JURY VERDICT: Winter Haven woman charged with murder, sentenced to life

Star Tribble shot her sleeping boyfriend in the back of the head and left his body on top of their mattress. A jury found Tribble guilty Oct. 31 of first-degree murder, tampering with a witness, tampering with physical evidence, assisted tampering with evidence and false report of a crime. Immediately following her conviction, she was […]

Taekwondo teacher sentenced to 15 years for molesting student

SENTENCING UPDATE: Taekwondo teacher sentenced to 15 years for molesting student

Chase Woolman began making sexual advances toward his victim when she was only 14-years-old. Woolman sexually abused her for three years, taking advantage of the student-teacher relationship he had with her. Woolman was convicted of sexual battery and lewd molestation Friday and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, followed by 15 years of probation. […]

Man who stalked young girls, flashed them sentenced to 10 years

SENTENCING UPDATE: Man who stalked young girls, flashed them sentenced to 10 years

After being fired from a job where he allegedly flashed a young girl, Adam Tharp spent his spare time stalking children at libraries in hopes of exposing himself to them. Tharp, 24, of Winter Haven, pled guilty to lewd or lascivious exhibition Friday. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by 15 years […]

Carter convicted of first-degree murder for fatal home-invasion robbery

JURY VERDICT: Carter convicted of first-degree murder for fatal home-invasion robbery

It only took jurors two hours at the end of a four-week trial to find Auban Carter guilty of first-degree murder. Carter was involved in a 2015 home-invasion robbery that resulted in the death of Kody Zawalski. Two others were critically injured in the incident, and a fourth victim was struck. Carter was convicted Friday […]

Lakeland man guilty of sexual battery on two girls, attempted on another

JURY VERDICT: Lakeland man guilty of sexual battery on two girls, attempted on another

Harold Parker groomed his victims to both expect and accept his abuse. He bought the three victims clothes and toys while he took care of them after school, and when he’d end up alone with one of the girls, Parker would sexually abuse her. “He made the despicable seem normal,” Assistant State Attorney Lauren Randall […]

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