DEFENDANT FOUND GUILTY OF BATTERING ELDERLY VICTIMS AFTER CLAIMING SELF-DEFENSE
(Lake County, FL) Tuesday, April 22, 2025, jurors returned a guilty verdict in the case against 55-year-old Darin Kirkpatrick Starks, who was charged with two counts of Battery on a Person 65 years of Age or Older. The victims were 70 and 72 years old. Starks was remanded into custody to await his sentencing hearing. […]
NICHOLS PLEADS TO 2O YEARS FOR CARJACKING CASE
(Citrus County, FL) Earlier this month, the case against 20-year-old Demitri Hunter Nichols concluded when Nichols pled to charges of Carjacking with a Firearm, Shooting at, Within, or Into an Occupied Vehicle, Fleeing or Attempting to Elude, and Resisting a Law Enforcement Officer without Violence. Nichols was sentenced to 20 years in the Florida Department […]
MARION COUNTY WOMAN FOUND GUILTY AND SENTENCED TO TWO LIFE TERMS FOR MURDER OF FATHER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER OF SECOND VICTIM
(Marion County, FL) Yesterday, jurors deliberated briefly after hearing compelling witness testimony and observing irrefutable evidence before finding 33-year-old Christina Anne Adams guilty of Premeditated Murder in the First Degree and Attempted First Degree Murder with a Deadly Weapon. Adams was sentenced by Judge Timothy McCourt to two life sentences for the murder of […]
HERNANDO COUNTY TEEN CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER OF EX-GIRLFRIEND
(Hernando County, FL) Yesterday, State Attorney Bill Gladson announced the grand jury indictment of 16-year-old Cameron Ray Cubel, ex-boyfriend of the victim. A grand jury was convened to determine whether there was sufficient evidence to charge Cubel for the tragic murder of 16-year-old Abbriella Faye Elliot. The grand jury returned a true bill of indictment […]
ROSE CONVICTED OF TRAFFICKING NARCOTICS AFTER JURY TRIAL
(Sumter County, FL) Yesterday, 33-year-old Rodney Reshad Rose was found guilty of Trafficking in Methamphetamine, Possession with Intent to Sell or Deliver Methamphetamine within 1000ft of a Park, and Unlawful Use of a Two-way Communications Device. Jurors deliberated for 75 minutes, after hearing the testimony of Detectives with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations […]
FROM THE DESK OF STATE ATTORNEY BILL GLADSON
(Fifth Judicial Circuit, FL) Recently, an Orlando media outlet reported that the Ninth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s non-arrest policy was influenced by the policy in the Fifth Judicial Circuit. To infer that their policy is comparable to mine is misleading. The policy utilized by our office was implemented during the height of Covid, following nearly […]
SUMTER MAN INDICTED FOR MURDER OF GIRLFRIEND
(Sumter County, FL) Yesterday, State Attorney Bill Gladson announced the grand jury indictment of 47-year-old Brian William Decot, paramour of the victim. A grand jury was convened to determine whether there was sufficient evidence to charge Decot for his role in the death of 54-year-old Tracy Jean Miller. The grand jury returned a true bill […]
LAKE COUNTY COUPLE INDICTED FOR MURDER OF CHILD
(Lake County, FL) Yesterday, State Attorney Bill Gladson announced the grand jury indictment of 37-year-old Kimberly Mills, mother of the victim, and 36-year-old Andre Walker, paramour of Mills. A grand jury was convened to determine whether there was sufficient evidence to charge both Mills and Walker for their roles in the death of 10-year-old Xavier […]
CITRUS WOMAN SENTENCED TO 27 YEARS FOR TRAFFICKING FENTANYL
(Citrus County, FL) Today, seven-time convicted felon 41-year-old Heather Lynne Duarte-Wright was sentenced to 27 years in the Florida Department of Corrections for Trafficking in Fentanyl and Possession of Paraphernalia. Duarte-Wright was found guilty by a jury after her trial back in January of this year. “Fentanyl continues to claim lives in our community, making […]
GUILTY VERDICT FOR MOUNT DORA MAN IN CAPITAL SEX BATTERY CASE
(Lake County, FL) Earlier this week, jurors found 38-year-old Richard Michael Hutcheson, of Mount Dora, guilty of Capital Sexual Battery upon a child just an hour into deliberations after hearing both the defense and state during trial. After his conviction, Judge James R. Baxley sentenced Hutcheson to life in prison. Hutcheson was convicted of Capital […]