OUR MISSION
To promote public safety by enforcing the criminal laws of the State of Florida; to uphold, protect and defend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; to hold those who violate our laws accountable for their actions; to ensure that victims of crime have a voice in the criminal justice system; and to be good stewards of taxpayer resources.
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JURORS RECOMMEND DEATH PENALTY FOR JEFFREY CRUM
(Hernando County, FL) Today, State Attorney Bill Gladson of the Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office announces that a jury has recommended the Death Penalty for 65-year-old Jeffrey Norman Crum. The jury’s recommendation comes on a bittersweet day, the birthday of Jennifer Odom, who would have been 46 years old
DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR SHOOTING AT ELECTRIC WORKERS
(Citrus County, FL) This morning, Judge Healis sentenced 30-year-old Immanuel Zachariah Smith to 5 years in the Florida Department of Corrections followed by two years of felony probation for his 2025 arrest. “This sentencing is not shocking considering the severity of the crime committed by this defendant,” said Bill
JURY FINDS JEFFREY CRUM GUILTY IN 1993 KIDNAPPING AND MURDER OF 12-YEAR-OLD JENNIFER ODOM
(Hernando, FL) “For more than 30 years, Jennifer’s family, investigators and the communities of Pasco and Hernando Counties waited for answers. Now, this long running cold case has reached its end,” stated State Attorney Bill Gladson. After more than three decades, a Hernando County jury has found 64-year-old Jeffrey Norman
