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