LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – A man charged with attempted rape and trying to run over a police officer with his vehicle was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty. Jephson Seguin, 22, was arrested in June of 2023 when police got a call from a woman who said a man came up…
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Suspect in child abuse case turns himself in
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. — A suspect in an abuse case where “the child is fighting for his life” has turned himself in, according to the Tavares Police Department. The man, who was later identified as Andre W. Walker, went to Advent Health Waterman with the child’s mother, Kimberly Mills on Saturday at 10 p.m. She…
Judge: Leesburg dentist who struck another doctor on golf course acted in self-defense
Below is the story I wrote for the Daily Commercial this weekend. I just received an update: Sivak’s attorney is now asking the court to dismiss his lawsuit against Orobitg. Frank Stanfield For the Daily Commercial AI-assisted summary A Florida judge ruled that a Leesburg dentist accused of striking a doctor with a…
Deputies searching for murder suspect
t LAKE COUNTY, FLA. — The Sheriff’s Office on Friday announced that it located and arrested a man wanted in the fatal shooting of another man. Deputies on Thursday were called to 31504 Colby Place in Sorrento where they found Justin Kates, 37, in the road, dead from a gunshot wound. Witnesses said Justin J….
2 dead in murder-suicide, ambush of police
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. — What began with a call about a woman screaming and running from a man ended with two people dead and police ambushed in a six-hour standoff Wednesday. Clermont Police have identified the man and woman killed in the apparent murder suicide as a couple that recently moved to Cottonwood Apartments at…
“Judy Doe” may have been killed by serial killer
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – Sheriff’s investigators have identified the remains of a young woman discovered in 1984 through a DNA data base who may have been murdered by a serial killer. The body of “Judy Doe,” was found by a dirt road near Lake Dorr in Altoona on April 18, 1984. She has since been…
Not-so-routine traffic stop nets FBI most wanted suspect
LADY LAKE – Lady Lake Police on Saturday arrested one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives in what turned out to be a not-so-routine traffic stop. Donald Eugene Fields II was driving a white pickup truck when stopped by Sgt. Michelle Bilbrey at 9:15 a.m. at U.S. Highway 27/441 and Rolling Acres Road. The…
Man cops a plea in murder case for 35 years behind bars
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. — A codefendant in the drug rip-off case that saw one man convicted of murder last week, entered a plea Monday that resulted ln a 35-year prison sentence instead of a life sentence. Deandre B. Anderson, 34, copped a plea to principal to second-degree murder with a firearm. Last week, Circuit Judge…
Man convicted of murder in drug rip-off
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. — A judge Thursday ruled that an alleged drug dealer was guilty of being a principal to first-degree murder in the vehicle theft and slaying of a man in 2022. Circuit Judge James Baxley found Undray T. Benson, 53, guilty in a bench trial in the 2022 shooting of 31-year-old Antwain Hart…
No defendant, no problem for jury in fatal crash case
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. — A man on trial for killing another motorist while driving without a license was convicted by a jury who never laid eyes on him. William E. Wilhelm, 61, of Eustis failed to show up for his trial, so the trial judge revoked his bond and issued a warrant for his arrest…