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JURY VERDICT: Davenport man found guilty of sexual battery on a child
/in SAO10 Blog /by Kaitlyn PearsonJon Moyer first molested his victim when she was 7 and continued for nearly 10 years. It only took 15 minutes for a jury to find him guilty Thursday of sexual battery by a person with familial or custodial authority. On a controlled phone call with the victim that was played in court, Moyer told […]
JURY VERDICT: Lake Wales man guilty of attempted second-degree murder after shooting at truck
/in SAO10 Blog /by Kaitlyn PearsonRobert Daniel was driving to work when he saw a man in a black corvette pull up beside him and fire three shots into his vehicle. After 25 minutes of deliberation, a jury found John Decesare, 74, guilty July 12 of attempted second-degree murder, shooting into an occupied vehicle and discharging a firearm from a […]
JURY VERDICT: Kissimmee man guilty of molesting an 8-year-old girl
/in SAO10 Blog /by Kaitlyn PearsonRoudy Vital claimed that the reason he bathed an 8-year-old girl and touched her inappropriately was because he wanted to make sure she was completely clean. A jury found Vital guilty of lewd molestation June 27. A mandatory life sentenced will be imposed on Vital at his sentencing hearing Aug. 7. Assistant State Attorney Lauren […]
SENTENCING UPDATE: Family of Greenfield addressed Collins before she was sentenced to life
/in SAO10 Blog /by Kaitlyn PearsonAt Victoria Collins’ sentencing hearing June 16, family members of Gary Greenfield didn’t shy away from telling Collins how her selfish actions destroyed their lives. Collins murdered Greenfield, her longtime lover and tenant, and his body was found on July 29, 2015, highly decomposed, wrapped in a tarp and underneath a piece of privacy fencing. […]
JURY VERDICT: Lakeland woman found guilty of killing her lover, sentenced to life
/in SAO10 Blog /by Kaitlyn PearsonIt only took jurors an hour and a half to convict Victoria Collins for the murder of her tenant and longtime lover, Gary Greenfield. Greenfield’s body was found July 29, 2015, behind a shed on the property he rented from Collins. His body was in a state of advanced decomposition and had been wrapped in […]
SENTENCING UPDATE: Man sentenced to life for attempting to murder Lake Wales police officers
/in SAO10 Blog /by Kaitlyn PearsonJohn Goepferich claimed the reason he lured officers to his home and fired over 24 rounds at them was to commit suicide. But – in Goepferich’s sentencing hearing on Friday – Judge Roddenbery said his actions clearly showed otherwise. He was sentenced to life in prison. Goepferich, 61, was convicted February 10 of six counts […]