FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | Erin.Maloney@sao13th.com 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
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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | Erin.Maloney@sao13th.com 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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | Erin.Maloney@sao13th.com 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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | Erin.Maloney@sao13th.com 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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | Erin.Maloney@sao13th.com 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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | Erin.Maloney@sao13th.com 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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | Erin.Maloney@sao13th.com 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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | Erin.Maloney@sao13th.com 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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Erin Maloney, Communications Director Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit (813) 557-3366 | Erin.Maloney@sao13th.com 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