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Haas honors WHPD Detectives Garrett Boyd, Nicholas Gregory
/in SAO10 Blog/by Kaitlyn PearsonState Attorney Brian Haas started a new tradition at the State Attorney’s Office yesterday. At our annual awards ceremony, some special law enforcement officers were recognized who – in the past year – have gone above and beyond the call of duty to serve our community. “We are blessed in the tenth circuit to have […]
Haas honors PCSO Detective Matthew Newbold
/in SAO10 Blog/by Kaitlyn PearsonState Attorney Brian Haas started a new tradition at the State Attorney’s Office yesterday. At our annual awards ceremony, some special law enforcement officers were recognized who – in the past year – have gone above and beyond the call of duty to serve our community. “We are blessed in the tenth circuit to have […]
JURY VERDICT: Man steals ATM with excavator, is guilty of grand theft
/in SAO10 Blog/by Kaitlyn PearsonJesus Sanchez Sanchez stole a excavator and used it to rip an ATM out of a Winter Haven bank and place it in the bed of his truck, causing over $120,000 in damage. He and an accomplice then covered the mangled ATM with a tarp and drove on back roads in Winter Haven before being […]
SENTENCING UPDATE: Lakeland man sentenced to life for attempted second-degree murder
/in SAO10 Blog/by Kaitlyn PearsonJudge 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 […]
SENTENCING UPDATE: Man gets life for shooting wife with shotgun
/in SAO10 Blog/by Kaitlyn PearsonJames 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 […]
Tenth Circuit State Attorney’s Office secures death recommendation under new death penalty law
/in SAO10 Blog/by Kaitlyn PearsonBARTOW – 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 […]