FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (June 20, 2025) — A jury found 25-year-old Kristopher Chandler guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of his neighbor. He was sentenced to life in
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (April 30, 2025) — Former Green Bay Packers linebacker Mike Neal will remain behind bars on sexual battery charges until trial after prosecutors argued he remains
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TALLAHASSEE, FL (March 26, 2025) — State Attorney Suzy Lopez appeared in front of the Florida Commission on Offender Review (FCOR) in Tallahassee today and successfully argued against the
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (March 25, 2025) — The defendant responsible for the murder of HCSO Sgt. Brian LaVigne was sentenced to 45 years in Florida State Prison today. Travis Garrett, who
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (March 8, 2025) — The State Attorney’s Office filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty against defendant Joseph Schiliro, who is charged with first-degree murder
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (February 27, 2025) — Defendant Jermaine Bass will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury found him guilty of first-degree premeditated murder, first-degree
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (February 25, 2025) — State Attorney Suzy Lopez appointed Statewide Prosecutor Nick Cox as the new Chief Assistant State Attorney for the 13th Judicial Circuit. Cox is a
TAMPA, FL (February 20, 2025) — Five juveniles who were arrested in connection with the beating of another teenager near the Davis Island Dog Park have been charged as adults. On February 13, 2025, the suspects and several other juveniles approached a pickup truck where the victim was sitting. Investigators
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (October 18, 2024) — A former University of Tampa student faces charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect with great bodily harm after authorities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, Fla. (October 15, 2024) — State Attorney Suzy Lopez has charged Giovanny Aldama Garcia with aggravated animal cruelty after he admitted to leaving his dog on Interstate 75