FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (June 12, 2026) — A jury returned a verdict just before midnight on Thursday in the Jean Pierre Ojeda Salazar case. The 27-year-old was found guilty of two counts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (May 8, 2026) — The State Attorney’s Office filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty against Hisham Abugharbieh, who is charged with two counts of 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 (January 15, 2026) — The Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office has filed criminal charges against the three men accused of disrupting a student prayer gathering at a University of
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (December 2, 2025) — The Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office will file several additional charges against Silas Sampson, the man accused of causing the deadly Ybor City crash
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (April 7, 2025) — State Attorney Suzy Lopez has launched a new online Victim Toolkit designed as a one-stop-shop for crime victims to find support, guidance, and
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (March 10, 2025) — Moments before his trial was slated to begin today, Victor Rodriguez pleaded guilty to stealing homes from three homeowners in Hillsborough County with his codefendant and wife, Michelle
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (January 16, 2025) — State Attorney Suzy Lopez praises Governor Ron DeSantis’ choice to appoint fellow Hillsborough County native Ashley Moody the U.S. Senate. The Governor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (January 7, 2025) — State Attorney Suzy Lopez was officially sworn in for her first full term in office in front of a room of state and local leaders, supporters,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (September 12, 2024) — The State Attorney’s Office will seek the death penalty in the brutal stabbing deaths of two people in Hillsborough County. Silvio Peralta, 35, is
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] Tampa Mother Who Beat 4-Year-Old Son to Death to Remain Behind Bars Until Trial TAMPA, FL (July 3, 2024) — The Tampa woman responsible for brutally beating her 4-year-old son to death will