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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (June 24, 2026) — The State Attorney’s Office will file criminal charges against Detroit Lions player Terrion Arnold following his arrest in connection with a February robbery and kidnapping in Tampa. Arnold […]

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 of first-degree murder in the […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (May 15, 2026) — A Hillsborough County jury recommended sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole for defendants Isaiah Chance, Sean Gathright, Davion Murphy, and Rashad Murphy. They were […]

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 in the deaths of two […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (April 29, 2026) — State Attorney Suzy Lopez has announced a first-of-its-kind public safety partnership with Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier to examine the role artificial intelligence may play in criminal activity. This comes after 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 17, 2026) — A Seffner man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury convicted him of attempting to kill a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputy while fleeing arrest. This morning […]

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 South Florida parking garage. Richard […]

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 that killed four people and […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (October 9, 2025) — A Hillsborough County jury recommended the death penalty for Angel Gabriel Cuz Choc in the brutal stabbing deaths of his girlfriend, Amalia Coc Choc De Pec and her […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (October 8, 2025) — A jury has found Angel Gabriel Cuz Choc guilty of first-degree murder in the brutal stabbing deaths of his girlfriend, Amalia Coc Choc De Pec and her 4-year-old […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (September 17, 2025) — A Hillsborough County jury has found all five defendants guilty in the tragic shooting death of 4-year-old Suni Bell. Quandarious Hammond, Zvante Sampson, Jaylin Bedward, Andrew Thompson, and […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (August 1, 2025) — The Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office is proud to announce the launch of its official new website and email domain: HillsboroughSAO.gov, replacing the former Sao13th.com. This change goes […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit   TAMPA, FL (June 27, 2025) — A Hillsborough County jury recommended a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for defendant Ronny Walker. He was convicted earlier this week of first-degree murder in the 2022 […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (June 24, 2025) — A jury found 47-year-old Ronny Walker guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 14-year-old girl. Because the State Attorney’s Office is seeking the death penalty, […]

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 prison after the jury deliberated […]

  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 a danger to the victim […]

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 essential services during their legal […]

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 conditional medical release of defendant […]

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 was paralyzed as a result […]

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 Cherry. As part of a […]

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 in the death of a […]

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 attempted premeditated murder, and aggravated […]

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 career prosecutor known for his […]

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 obtained multiple cell phone videos […]

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 chose a strong leader with […]

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, attorneys, and staff. Governor Ron […]

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 found her newborn baby in […]

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 as he evacuated to safety […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, Fla. (October 11, 2024) — Hillsborough County State Attorney Suzy Lopez has a warning for thieves as our community cleans up following Hurricane Milton: “Now is not the time to prey on your […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (October 2, 2024) — As our community continues to rebound from the impacts of Hurricane Helene, it is important to remember that thieves often take advantage of disaster victims during times of crisis. […]

TAMPA, FL (September 13, 2024) — Assistant State Attorney Jennifer Johnson has been appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis to serve as a Judge on the Hillsborough County Court. Johnson is currently the Chief of Felony Division E and has been a prosecutor with the 13th Judicial Circuit since 2005.   A graduate of the Florida […]

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 charged with two counts of […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (September 6, 2024) — A judge sentenced 16-year-old Deondre Smith to 25 years in Florida State Prison after a jury found him guilty of attempted murder. Smith was charged as an adult […]

TAMPA, FL (August 8, 2024) — A judge ruled that three defendants accused in the shooting death of Charles Jones will be held without bond until trial. The State Attorney’s Office successfully argued that Isaiah Chance, Sean Gathright, and Alicia Andrews remain a danger to the community after they, along with two other defendants, plotted […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (July 23, 2024) — The State Attorney’s Office will seek the death penalty against 65-year-old defendant Robert Craig-Webb, who is accused of the first-degree murders of his ex-wife and her new boyfriend. Craig-Webb […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (July 18, 2024) — The State Attorney’s Office Gun Violence Unit secured a guilty verdict in the case of the 16-year-old responsible for a game room shooting last year. Our office charged Deondre […]

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 remain behind bars until trial. […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (June 24, 2024) — State Attorney Suzy Lopez is expanding and restructuring the agency’s Gun Violence Unit (GVU) to better prosecute gun-related offenses and our community’s most violent offenders. The agency has […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   Agency appoints new Chief of Major Crimes, adds Death Penalty Specialist position for first time in history TAMPA, FL (June 18, 2024) — State Attorney Suzy Lopez announced significant changes to the agency’s Major Crimes Division. This […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (June 5, 2024) — Defendant Robert Craig-Webb, who is accused of the first-degree murders of his ex-wife and her new boyfriend, will be held behind bars until trial. Assistant State Attorney Chinwe […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (May 15, 2024) — The State Attorney’s Office announced it will seek the death penalty in the case of Angel Gabriel Cuz Choc. The defendant brutally murdered his girlfriend Amalia Coc Choc De […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (May 10, 2024) — The 25-year-old woman who was caught on camera brutally beating her boyfriend’s family dog with a mallet was sentenced to 5 years and 10 months in Florida State Prison. […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (April 17, 2024) — The Tampa man who shot at three Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies last weekend at Beacon Meadows Park in Carrollwood will remain behind bars until trial. The State Attorney’s […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (April 12, 2024) — Cody Shimooka, 15, will be charged as an adult in the shooting death of a 14-year-old boy on Easter weekend. The defendant will be charged with manslaughter with […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (March 26, 2024) — Sunny Wallace, the defendant charged with the attempted murder of three individuals in an Ybor City parking garage over the weekend, will remain behind bars until trial. 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 20, 2024) — Abron Scott pleaded guilty today to the gruesome rapes and murders of two Tampa women whose killings remained unsolved for decades. A judge handed down two additional life […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (March 18, 2024) — The defendant charged with murdering a 52-year-old gay man at West Dog Park in February will remain behind bars until trial. A judge ruled that Gerald Declan Radford is […]

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, 2024) — The State Attorney’s Office has filed second-degree murder charges against Gerald Declan Radford in the shooting death of a 52-year-old man at the West Dog Park in Tampa. 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 5, 2024) — A judge ruled that the man who shot and killed a father of five following a Riverview road rage incident will remain behind bars until trial. The State […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (March 1, 2024) — A jury found Vakarvery Scott, 22, guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a young nursing student. The victim and her sister were driving a few […]

TAMPA, FL (February 21, 2024) — The State Attorney’s Office filed second-degree murder charges against Jorge Ramirez, the man who shot and killed a father of five following a road rage incident in Riverview. Ramirez was arrested in January and charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Following a review of the completed investigation, […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, Fla. (February 6, 2024) — The man responsible for injuring a 4-year-old in a road rage incident will remain behind bars until trial. The State Attorney’s Office successfully argued that 34-year-old James Jackson […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (January 25, 2024) — A judge sentenced Jay Rodriguez to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of two counts of second-degree murder in the brutal beating deaths of his girlfriend and her unborn […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (December 20, 2023) — More than 200 students at Graham Elementary School will receive a special visit from the State Attorney’s Office and Santa Claus this Friday, December 22. As part of the office’s Community Engagement initiative, […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (December 15, 2023) — A third defendant charged in the October mass shooting in Ybor City will be held behind bars until trial. Dwayne Tillman Jr., 21, is facing charges of attempted second-degree murder and […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]     TAMPA, FL (December 14, 2023) — A Plant City man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a jury convicted him of committing sex acts against a minor and tampering with a […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (December 12, 2023) — A judge ruled the 14-year-old charged with killing a 20-year-old man during the October mass shooting in Ybor City will remain behind bars as he awaits trial. The State Attorney’s […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]     TAMPA, FL (December 5, 2023) — Five individuals involved in a University of South Florida protest have accepted responsibility for their actions in March 2023. Four students and one employee were charged with battery on a […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (December 1, 2023) — A judge sentenced Ja’Marion Strange to 45 years in prison for the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy. Strange was 16 years-old in 2021 when he opened fire on the victim who […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (November 27, 2023) — The defendant who killed a teenager during the October mass shooting in Ybor City will be held behind bars until trial. The State Attorney’s Office successfully argued that Tyrell Phillips, 22, remains […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director   Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit  (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]       TAMPA, FL (November 17, 2023) — Jimmie Gardner, a youth motivational speaker and brother-in-law of former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, is facing serious charges of human trafficking and is currently in jail […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (November 16, 2023) — The man who spent nearly four decades on the run for the 1984 murder of a Hillsborough County woman accepted responsibility for the crime in court today. Donald […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] TAMPA, FL (October 13, 2023) — State Attorney Suzy Lopez addressed the Florida Supreme Court’s Judicial Circuit Assessment Committee at its final public hearing today in Tampa to ask members to ensure crime victims are […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (October 9, 2023) — Enrico Adams will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury found him guilty in the gruesome beating death of his girlfriend’s 17-month-old child. […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (October 6, 2023) — A judge has sentenced Mario Gonzalez to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to two counts of DUI manslaughter. Gonzalez caused a crash on Interstate 75 near SR-60 in […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (September 27, 2023) — The State Attorney’s Office has successfully prosecuted Nahshon Shannon for the brutal 2017 murder of his own daughter. A jury found Shannon guilty of third-degree felony murder and […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (September 7, 2023) — A Tampa man who stole the identities of four homeowners in an attempt to sell their homes will spend 10 years in prison for his crimes. James Fahlman […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, Fla. (August 1, 2023) — Hillsborough County State Attorney Suzy Lopez is marking a historic first year in office after successfully rebuilding relationships with local law enforcement, strengthening ties with community partners, and […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, Fla. (July 19, 2023) —  A judge has sentenced Jorge Britton to four decades behind bars after the State Attorney’s Office successfully prosecuted him on charges of vehicular homicide, DUI manslaughter, and DUI […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, Fla. (July 14, 2023) —  A prolific violent criminal will spend the rest of his life in prison after the State Attorney’s Office successfully prosecuted Orbro Bailey for second-degree murder and robbery with […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, Fla. (July 11, 2023) —  Hillsborough County State Attorney Suzy Lopez and local law enforcement leaders are drawing attention to a dramatic rise in fentanyl-related arrests in Hillsborough County. In the last five […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] Riverview Man Will Spend Life in Prison for Ybor City Murder TAMPA, Fla. (June 9, 2023) — A jury convicted Livonte Howard of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a man in Ybor City […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (May 1, 2023) — The man responsible for killing four innocent people and terrorizing the Seminole Heights community in 2017 has admitted his guilt and will spend the rest of his life […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected]   Jury Convicts Hillsborough County Man in 2010 Double Murder Defendant shot six victims, killing two and badly injuring four   TAMPA, FL (March 28, 2023) — After a three-week long trial in Hillsborough […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | [email protected] State Attorney Suzy Lopez Prosecuting Teen Gun Violence TAMPA, FL (March 17, 2023) — State Attorney Suzy Lopez announced today that since taking office in August, prolific teen offenders in Hillsborough County have been charged […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit, [email protected] Defendant Steven Lorenzo Is Sentenced To Death February 24, 2023 – Judge Christopher Sabella announced today he agreed with the State Attorney’s Office that Defendant Steven Lorenzo should be put to death for his horrific crimes. As State Attorney Susan S. Lopez […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit, (813) 274-1901, [email protected]   TAMPA, FL (December 21, 2022) – Following a complete review of all the available evidence, the State Attorney’s Office (SAO) determined no charges will be filed as a result of an incident involving Antonio Brown that took place on […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit, (813) 274-1901, [email protected]   County Commission honors Michael Sinacore and Names Conference Room After Him   December 7, 2022 – Today, the Hillsborough County Commission voted 7-0 to move forward with naming a conference room after Michael Sinacore, a former Assistant State Attorney […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit, (813) 274-1901, [email protected]    Jury Declines To Impose The Death Penalty For The Hillsborough County Man Found Guilty In The Murder of Beloved School Teacher   TAMPA, FL (November 17, 2022) — After finding that Defendant, Mathew Terry, was guilty of killing local elementary school […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit – 813-274-1901 – [email protected] Jury Finds Hillsborough County Man Guilty in Murder of Beloved School Teacher TAMPA, FL (May 4, 2020) — After a five-day trial, a jury in Hillsborough County, Florida determined today that Defendant, Mathew Terry, is guilty of first-degree […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Melanie Snow Waxler, Chief Communications Officer, Hillsborough State Attorney’s Office – 813-557-3366 –[email protected] State Attorney Susan S. Lopez Seeking Death Penalty in Brutal Murder Case Tampa, FL (August 8, 2022) – The State of Florida will seek the death penalty in the First-Degree Murder case of Defendant Mathew Terry. Susan […]