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 (October 18, 2024) — A former University of Tampa student faces charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect with great bodily harm after authorities
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. (October 15, 2024) — State Attorney Suzy Lopez has charged Giovanny Aldama Garcia with aggravated animal cruelty after he admitted to leaving his dog on Interstate 75
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. (October 11, 2024) — Hillsborough County State Attorney Suzy Lopez has a warning for thieves as our community cleans up following Hurricane Milton: “Now is not 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 (October 2, 2024) — As our community continues to rebound from the impacts of Hurricane Helene, it is important to remember that thieves often take advantage of disaster
TAMPA, FL (September 13, 2024) — Assistant State Attorney Jennifer Johnson has been appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis to serve as a Judge on the Hillsborough County Court. Johnson is currently the Chief of Felony Division E and has been a prosecutor with the 13th Judicial Circuit since 2005.
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 (September 12, 2024) — The State Attorney’s Office will seek the death penalty in the brutal stabbing deaths of two people in Hillsborough County. Silvio Peralta, 35, is
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 (September 6, 2024) — A judge sentenced 16-year-old Deondre Smith to 25 years in Florida State Prison after a jury found him guilty of attempted murder. Smith
TAMPA, FL (August 8, 2024) — A judge ruled that three defendants accused in the shooting death of Charles Jones will be held without bond until trial. The State Attorney’s Office successfully argued that Isaiah Chance, Sean Gathright, and Alicia Andrews remain a danger to the community after they, along
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 (July 23, 2024) — The State Attorney’s Office will seek the death penalty against 65-year-old defendant Robert Craig-Webb, who is accused of the first-degree murders of his ex-wife
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 (July 18, 2024) — The State Attorney’s Office Gun Violence Unit secured a guilty verdict in the case of the 16-year-old responsible for a game room shooting last