Police: Child who suffered ‘unimaginable abuse’ dies
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – The 10-year-old boy who was the victim of what police called “unimaginable abuse and neglect,” has died, according to Tavares Police. “This innocent child’s life was marked by unspeakable suffering, and his loss has deeply shaken our community, and everyone involved in this case,” said Detective Courtney Sullivan in a statement released…
second man arrested in Leesburg murder
LAKE COUNTY – Cameras don’t blink so they can help catch murder suspects. Police on Tuesday arrested and charged a second suspect in the murder of a man on July 8. That’s the day officers were called to the 2200 block of Aitkin Loop in Leesburg, where they found James Jordan Jr., 20, lying on…
Man on probation charged in fatal crash
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – A man with a history of drug arrests and driving without a license was arrested Tuesday on a warrant and charged with vehicular homicide and violating probation. Graedonn Humphrey, 33, was in a car that crashed into a SUV driven by Donald U. Jass on Dec. 3, 2023 on Plantation Boulevard…
Couple sentenced to 13 years in prison for starving their baby
LAKE COUNTY – A couple arrested for starving their baby to death in what police called a “deplorable,” filthy home was sentenced to 13 years in prison Monday. Margaret Lehman, 27, and 30-year-old Mark Edward Brittian Jr. were arrested in September 2021 on aggravated manslaughter charges in the death of their 11-month-old daughter, Marcelyn Brittian….
“Julie Doe,” who had been a man, identified by DNA
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – Authorities have identified “Julie Doe,” whose body was discovered in a heavily wooded area in 1988 through a genealogy DNA search. The case baffled investigators until 2015 until DNA revealed that “Julie Doe” was transitioning from a man to become Pamela Leigh Walton. The body had been 30 feet off County…
Man sentenced to 45 years in gas station murder
Lake County, FLA. — One of three suspects in the shooting death of an 87-year-old man at a gas station has pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 45 years in prison. Kenneth D. Bailey, 22 entered the plea to second-degree Murder last week for the 2024 attack of Clarence Harold Ervin who was sitting…
Boy taped to ladder while tortured, police say
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. – The couple charged with torturing a 10-year-old to the point of death taped the boy to a ladder and dropped weights on his stomach, according to police. Besides a 10-pound weight, a search of the family home also turned up a thick, insulated copper wire used to inflict pain on…
Woman in deadly sheriff’s deputy ambush incompetent to stand trial
LAKE COUNTY – The surviving member of the family that ambushed sheriff’s deputies, killing one and injuring two others, has been ruled incompetent to stand trial. Circuit Judge Brian Welke signed the order Friday committing Julie Sulpizio to a state hospital to be treated for mental illness before she can be tried for murder…
Couple faces more charges in torture of children
LAKE COUNTY, FLA. — The mother and boyfriend arrested after taking her battered and bruised child to the hospital are facing more charges, this time in the abuse of the 10-year-old’s sibling. Kimberley Mills and Andre Walker now face two counts of aggravated child abuse, two counts of child neglect, one count of tampering with…
Man pleads guilty to attempted rape, murder of police officer
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…