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JURY VERDICT: Frostproof man guilty of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer
/in SAO10 Blog/by Kaitlyn PearsonPolk County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Noah Cannon heard a truck door close and the engine start to rev. Seconds later, he saw Erick Monk – the suspect he and five other deputies were serving a warrant to – come barreling around the corner in a pickup truck. Cannon and the other deputies shouted commands for […]
PLEA: Man pleas guilty to the murders of two men, faces 40 years in prison
/in SAO10 Blog/by Kaitlyn PearsonTobarais Hudson pled guilty to the second-degree murders of Kody Zawalski and Christopher Campbell. Hudson, 28, was scheduled to go on trial for first-degree murder Monday but pled Friday to a lesser included offense of second-degree murder in both cases. He will receive 40 years in prison when his sentence is imposed at the end […]
SENTENCING UPDATE: Lakeland man sentenced to 20 years for using Taser to punish children
/in SAO10 Blog/by Kaitlyn PearsonEduardo Vazquez had been disciplining children by holding a stun gun to their bare skin and zapping them with it. He pled guilty to nine counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child, seven counts of aggravated child abuse two counts of false information to a law enforcement officer and tampering with physical evidence […]
JURY VERDICT: Man attacks boss with meat cleaver, is found guilty of attempted manslaughter
/in SAO10 Blog/by Kaitlyn PearsonZhong Huang claimed he only pretended to pick up a meat cleaver and cut his boss’ neck. Huang raised the knife over his head and charged his boss, swinging the cleaver at him. “If you call the police, I will kill you,” Huang said, pressing the cleaver to his boss’ neck, cutting him. A jury […]
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 […]