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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JOHNSON SENTENCED TO TWO LIFE TERMS FOR TRAFFICKING NARCOTICS
(Sumter County, FL) Last week, 54-year-old Clyde Edward Johnson Jr. was sentenced to two concurrent Life terms as a Habitual Violent Felony Offender by Judge Mary P. Hatcher. “We have seen countless times how drugs destroy lives and devastate our communities. Our office is grateful to Judge Hatcher for recognizing
HORRIGHS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER AND SENTENCED TO LIFE
(Marion County, FL) Yesterday, August 27, 2026, jurors delivered their verdict in the 2023 murder case of 56-year-old Darius Duntel Jones. Following a three-day jury trial, jurors found 41-year-old Joseph Edwards Horrighs guilty of First-Degree Premeditated Murder. Following the jury’s guilty verdict, Judge Barbara Kissner-Kwatkosky sentenced Horrighs to Life in
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
