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JURY VERDICT: Bartow man guilty of shooting into ex’s house
/in SAO10 Blog/by Kaitlyn PearsonLeo Jackson parked his scooter in the shadows and walked toward his ex-girlfriend’s house with a loaded firearm. About 11 p.m. on Dec. 24, 2015, Jackson walked around his ex’s house, yelled obscenities and shook the window air conditioning units. He then lifted his firearm and shot twice – first into the dining room window, […]
JURY VERDICT: Lakeland man convicted for murder of rival gang member
/in SAO10 Blog/by Kaitlyn PearsonAfter two and a half hours of deliberation, a jury found Wesley Booker guilty of first-degree murder. Booker, 26, of Lakeland, shot and killed Maurice Knight – a rival gang member – in Feb. of 2015. Booker was sentenced to life in prison by Judge Harb immediately following his conviction at the end of a […]
State Attorney Jerry Hill honored by FPAA
/in SAO10 Blog/by Kaitlyn PearsonPANAMA CITY – State Attorney Jerry Hill was honored alongside State Attorney Willie Meggs, Second Judicial Circuit, for 32 years of public service as State Attorney. Both Hill and Meggs were elected in 1984 and are retiring at the end of this year. They were presented with the Eugene Whitworth Memorial Award for outstanding leadership […]
JURY VERDICT: Man guilty of killing two students, shooting another
/in SAO10 Blog/by Kaitlyn PearsonJoshua Davis stood in front of his third victim, the gun facing his forehead at point-blank range. Davis had just shot and killed Polk State College students Joe Palacios and Christian Rodriguez, both 19, before turning the gun on Esteban Zavala, who feared he would be shot next. “I didn’t see any hesitation, any doubt,” […]
SAO INVESTIGATION: Golf cart shop used as front for fraud
/in SAO10 Blog/by Kaitlyn PearsonLAKE ALFRED – Shawn Marlow was arrested Friday, Oct. 14, by investigators with the State Attorney’s Office for stealing $44,175 from his customers and failing to provide them with the goods and services they paid for. An SAO investigation revealed complaints on Marlow had been filed with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office , Lake County […]
SENTENCING UPDATE: Habitual offender sentenced
/in SAO10 Blog/by Kaitlyn PearsonReginald Leon Streeter was sentenced to life in prison Monday. Streeter, 21, of Lake Wales, was convicted by a jury in August of burglary of a dwelling with an assault while armed, attempted robbery with a firearm, resisting officers without violence while wearing a mask, giving false info to law enforcement and possession of cannabis […]