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News from the State Attorney's Office for Florida's Fourth Judicial Circuit
July 19, 2023
State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces that Mike Hernandez was sentenced by the Honorable Anthony Salem to two consecutive life sentences after pleading guilty to two counts of Second-Degree Murder and one count of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
July 18, 2023
State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces that a Duval County jury found Keith McCoy guilty of Burglary and Grand Theft Auto.
July 14, 2023
State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces the Honorable Jonathan Sacks sentenced Michael Motley to 12 years and four months in Florida State Prison for DUI Manslaughter, a crime that killed 22-year-old Megan Mooney.
July 12, 2023
State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces that a Duval County jury found Anthony Morgan guilty of one count of Sale, Manufacture, or Deliver a Controlled Substance within 1000 Feet of a Church or Convenience Business and one count of Sale, Manufacture, or Deliver a Methamphetamine within 1000 Feet of a Church or Convenience Business.
June 22, 2023
State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces the returns by a Duval County grand jury today of indictments charging two defendants with First-Degree Murder and one defendant with Murder by Unlawful Distribution of a Controlled Substance.
June 22, 2023
State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces that a Duval County jury found Austin Walker guilty of Attempted First-Degree Murder, Armed Burglary with Assault or Battery, and Aggravated Assault.
June 21, 2023
State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces that Danny Beard has pleaded guilty to Second-Degree Murder in the 2018 killing of Andrea Washington.
June 21, 2023
State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces that a Duval County jury found Darrion Mitchell guilty of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
June 16, 2023
State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces the Honorable Judge Tatiana Salvador sentenced James Hugh Whittaker to 20 years in Florida State Prison for Leaving the Scene of an Accident Involving Death.
June 15, 2023
State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces that a Duval County jury found Edward Culbertson guilty of two counts of Capital Sexual Battery, one count of Attempted Capital Sexual Battery, one count of Lewd/Lascivious Molestation, one count of Lewd/Lascivious Conduct, one count of Lewd/Lascivious Exhibition, and one count of Showing Obscene Material to a Minor.
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