Whatever happened to. . . ? #34

The following animal cruelty cases were recently resolved in Orange County:

Dennard, James

2010-CF-008801-B-O

Cruelty to Animals (12 cts)

Defendant & co-Defendant Latosha Tullis' alleged neglect and starvation resulted in the death of two dogs and left several others in exceptionally poor condition

Pled no contest to 9 counts and was adjudicated guilty.  Defendant was sentenced to 51 weeks jail w/credit 109 days time served.

Tullis, Latosha

2010-CF-008801-A-O

Cruelty to Animals (12 cts)

Defendant & co-Defendant James Dennard's alleged neglect and starvation resulted in the death of two dogs and left several others in exceptionally poor condition.

Pled no contest to 2 counts and was adjudicated guilty.  Defendant was sentenced to 1 day in jail w/credit for 1 day time served, 24 months probation, and 75 hours of community service.

Hughey, Harley Edward

2010-CF-008625-A-O

Cruelty to Animals

Defendant allegedly killed his girlfriend's pet rabbit after he was kicked out of her parents' home and camped in woods behind their house - Defendant allegedly threatened to kill her & her family as well

Pled no contest, adjudicated guilty.  Defendant was sentenced to 51 weeks jail w/credit 71 days time served; 3 years probation; anger management; not permitted to possess animals; undergo mental health evaluation/treatment w/in 120 days; and ordered to have no contact w/victim or her family.

Nelson, Justin Randall

2010-CF-009299-A-O

Cruelty to Animals; Confinement of Animals w/o Food/Water

Pled no contest to both counts, adjudication was withheld.  Defendant was sentenced to 6 months jail w/credit 1 day time served; 1 year probation; and 200 hours community service.

Potter, Michael Joseph

2010-CF-003864-A-O

Burglary of Dwelling; Cruelty to Animals

Defendant allegedly bludgeoned his neighbor's puppy with a hammer (the dog had to be euthanized)

Defendant pled no contest to animal cruelty & adjudication was withheld.  Burglary charge was nolle prossed.  Defendant was sentenced to 101 days jail w/credit 101 days time served; 5 yrs probation; and 100 hours community service.

Starkweather, Adrian John

2010-CF-005428-A-O

Cruelty to Animals

Defendant allegedly beat a 4 month old puppy which resulted in severe injury to the puppy's leg

Pled no contest, adjudicated guilty.  Defendant was sentenced to 80 days jail w/credit for 80 days time served; 3 yrs probation

Brezil, Stephen Anthony

2010-CF-015369-A-O

Theft (8cts); Cruelty to Animals (4cts)

Defendant allegedly stole black swans from Lake Eola and posted them for sale on craigslist

Pled no contest to 4 cts of Theft; no action taken on animal cruelty chgs; other counts nolle prossed.  Defendant was sentenced to 1 day jail w/credit 1 day time served; 36 months probation; and 150 hours of community service.

Smart, Geoffre Peter

2011-CF-009730-A-O

Theft; Cause Cruel Death/Pain/Suffering; Grand Larcey of Farm Animal / Aquaculture Species

Defendant allegedly stole a swan from Lake Eola - OPD followed a trail of feathers from the lake to his home to arrest him

No action was taken on animal charges.  Defendant pled to felony theft and was sentenced to 4 days jail w/credit for 4 days time served; 1 year probation; 6 months community control; and 150 hours of community service.

Whatever happened to . . . ? #33

Today we're featuring domestic violence related cases.  Note that only one individual was sentenced to time in DOC....

Johnson, Carla

2009-CF-012133-A-O

2nd Degree Murder

Defendant allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death at a boarding house

Pled to manslaughter w/weapon, adjudicated guilty.  Sentenced to 15 yrs DOC w/credit 1 year 319 days time served

Harp, Cedric

2009-CF-018200-A-O

Manslaughter; Battery DV

Defendant (age 33) turned himself in to OPD after he allegedly killed his wife - Defendant has had 47 felony arrests. Two children in the home at the time were sleeping.

Pled no contest to Manslaughter – adjudicated guilty.  Battery DV charge dropped.  Sentenced to 6 months jail w/credit 80 days time served; 5 yrs probation.  See previous blog here

Garcia, Reyes

2011-CF-000711-A-O

Shoot/Throw Missile into Dwelling; Improper Exhibition of Weapon; Att Agg Assault w/Deadly Weapon.

Defendant allegedly almost shot his 8-yr old grandson during an argument with his 2 adult sons

Pled no contest to Count 1 – adjudication was withheld; other counts dropped; sentenced to 24 months probation.

Ertel, Allen M

2011-CF-000631-A-O

Agg Assault w/Deadly Weapon; Resist Officer w/o Violence (2cts); Criminal Mischief

Defendant allegedly kicked his way out of an OCSO patrol car window & briefly escaped after being arrested for a DV-related Agg Assault w/Firearm

Pled no contest to Resist Officer w/o Violence & Criminal Mischief – adjudicated guilty; other counts dropped.  Sentenced to 153 days jail w/credit 153 days time served; 6 months probation.

Johnson, Bryant

1994-CF-003095-A-O

1st Degree Murder; Armed Burglary

Defendant was found not guilty by reason of insanity two years after the 1994 the ax murder of his 75-yr old father after the father evicted him from the home

Case was dismissed – defendant adjudged insane.

Cabrera, Sonia

2011-CF-008826-A-O

Agg Battery

Defendant & her boyfriend (former NFL player Daryl Gardener 2011MM294E) were arrested at UCF after she allegedly threw a bottle at him & hit him with a tire iron when arguing about another woman.

No information notice filed – case dropped.

Reiger, George C Jr

2011-CF-009134-A-O

False Imprisonment; Battery Dating Violence; Criminal Mischief

Defendant, known as the "Disney Guy" because of 2200+ head-to-toe Diseny tattoos, allegedly assaulted assaulted his girlfriend while at a Disney hotel

No information notice filed – case dropped.

Phillips, Dion Jordain

2011-CF-007783-A-O

Att Assault w/Firearm; Att Kidnapping

Defendant allegedly threatened his girlfriend and attempted to kidnap her after she found a text message from another woman on his phone

No information notice filed – case dropped.

Whatever happened to . . . ? #32

The following defendants were all charged with sexually motivated offenses in Orange County:

Thomas, Timothy

2009-CF-013807-A-O

Att Sexual Battery w/Firearm; Burglary; Robbery w/Firearm; False Imprisonment

Defendant & co-Defendant Maxwell are allegedly responsible for several violent home invasions & rapes in west Orange Co.  

Defendant was adjudicated guily by jury all counts and sentenced to LIFE DOC for Burglary & Robbery w/Firearm, 30 yrs DOC for Att Sexual Battery w/Weapon, and 15 yrs DOC for False Impirsonment; counts to run concurrently.  Defendant received credit for 223 days time served.

Girtman, George W

2010-CF-009035-A-O

Sexual Battery WDW; Robbery w/Firearm; Burglary of Dwelling w/Assault/Battery

DNA evidence identified defendant as the "Malibu Rapist" who allegedly terrorized as many as 100 victims in the 1980s, shortly after being released on parole after serving 7 yrs of a 45 yr sentence for a 1976 rape in Seminole Co.

Defendant pled no contest to Counts 1&3; Count 2 was dropped. Defendant was sentenced to 2 concurrent LIFE terms.

Alves, Marcelo Augusto

2009-CF-003976-A-O

Sexual Battery WDW/Phys Force (5cts); False Imprisonment; Agg Assault WDW; Tamper w/Witness

Defendant, a VCC website manager, allegedly lured a woman he met on internet to a vacant house in Dr Philips area where he assaulted her..

Defendant was found guilty by jury of all counts and sentenced to LIFE in DOC.

Snavely, James

2007-CF-017726-A-O

Sexual Battery WDW; Armed Burglary of Dwelling w/Firearm; Agg Assault WDW; Intimidate/Threaten Victim; Commit or Facilitate Commission of Felony.

Defendant is accused of raping his neighbor w/knife and was cutting chunks of his own hair out when deputies found him.

Pled no contest and was adjudicated guilty of counts 1&2.  No action taken on counts 3-5.  Sentenced to 30 yrs DOC w/credit 3 yrs 156 days time served.

Garcia, Jean

2009-CF-013017-A-O

Lewd/Lascivious Battery (2cts); Travel to Meet Minor for Unlawful Sex Act

Defendant allegedly assaulted a 12-yr old girl he met at Fort Wilderness Lodge

Pled no contest all three counts.  Sentenced to 8 yrs DOC w/credit 704 days time served.

Huffman, David Michael

2010-CF-017894-A-O

Lewd/Lascivious Exhibition

Defendant, a homeless sex offender, allegedly flashed a girl <16 yrs old at an Ocoee Wal-Mart

Defendant pled no contest and was adjudicated guilty, and sentenced to 6 years DOC with credit for 219 days time served; 9 yrs probation.

Perez, Eric

2010-CF-014947-A-O

Possess Material Depicting Sexual Performance by Child (5cts) 

Defendant allegedly had multiple videos of child porn, including movies of children as young as 2 yrs old

Defendant pled no contest and was adjudicated guilty all counts, sentenced to 5 yrs probation.

Heaukulani, Joel Robert Keone

2011-CF-006114-A-O

Video Voyeurism Subsq Offense

Defendant allegedly used a cellphone to peek under the skirt of a 10-yr old girl at a Wal-Mart store

Pled no contest and was adjudicated guilty.  Defendant was sentenced to 30 days jail w/credit 14 days time served; 36 months probation; no contact with victim; no return to scene; no unsupervised contact w/ any female<18yrs; submit to DNA testing; submit to psychosexual evaluation and treatment; and ordered not to possess pornography.

Smith, Aleisea Nichai

2009-CF-008131-B-O

Human Trafficking; Sex Trafficking; Kidnap w/Intent to Inflict Harm/Terror w/Weapon (5cts); Kidnap w/Intent to Commit Felony (2cts); Sexual Battery; Procure Person<18 for Prostitution; Force Another into Prostitution; Derive Proceeds of Prostitution

Defendant & co-defendant Timothy Smith allegedly kidnapped a 15-yr old from a bus stop in 2007 and forced her into prostitution

Pled no contest to sex trafficking & adjudicated guilty; all other counts nolle prossed.  Defendant was sentenced to 1 yr 14 days jail with credit for same time served; 24 months probation; substance abuse treatment.

Buckley, Alan

2011-MM-006008-A-O

Voyeurism

Defendant allegedly took photos under a woman's skirt at a store, claiming he was not "thinking right" because his child was in the hospital

Pled no contest and adjudicated guitly.  Sentenced to 1 day jail w/credit for 1 day time served, 360 days probation, and 100 hours community service.

Comer, Andrae

2011-MM-001814-A-O

Video Voyeurism

Defendant, an employee of Express at the Mall at Millenia, allegedly snapped pictures of women undressing in a store fitting room

Defendant pled no contest and was adjudicated guilty, sentenced to 12 months probation, 50 hours community service, undergo a mental health evaluation & any treatment, forbidden to use video equipment, and to write an apology letter.  Judge Jewett also noted that no early termination of probation would be permitted.

Rodrigues, Agostinho Loiola-Mar

2010-CF-011036-A-O

Lewd/Lascivious Molestation (6cts);  Sexual Activity w/Child

Defendant was an Edgewater High School teacher & soccer coach who allegedly had sexual relations with a 14-yr old student.

Jury verdict - not guilty

Gifford, Irving Lee Jr

2011-CF-010367-A-O

Sexual Battery; Burglary w/Assault or Battery

Defendant, a hotel worker, allegedly used a master key to enter victim's room and rape her

No information notice filed, case dropped.

Postell, Montavius

2011-CF-009151-A-O

Sex Trafficking; Lewd/Lascivious Act in Presence of Child<16; False Imprisonment; Direct/Transport for Prostitution; Derive Support from Prostitution; Procure Another for Prostitution

Defendant is one of 12 co-defendants who allegedly sexually assaulted a 15-yr old runaway and forced another 15-yr old to prostitution.

No information notice filed, case dropped.

Whatever happened to . . . .? #31

I'm finally catching up on some dispositions.  Today, I'm featuring some child abuse related cases that were covered in the media at some point. 

Issac, Leshawna M

2010-CF-007416-A-O

Agg Manslaughter of Child, Negelct of Child Causing Harm/Disability

Defendant allegedly drowned her newborn baby in a bathtub

Jury verdict – guilty.  Sentenced to 30 yrs DOC w/credit 74 days time served

Brumfield, Amanda Brooke

2009-CF-007913-A-O

1st Deg Murder; Agg Child Abuse; Agg Manslaughter of Child

Defendant was babysitting a friend's child when the child fell, hit her head and later died - Defendant allegedly failed to seek immediate medical attention. Defendant was found guilty by jury of manslaughter.

Jury verdict - guilty of manslaughter.  Sentenced to 20 yrs DOC

Sampson, Shelton Jr

2010-CF-009932-A-O

Agg Child Abuse

Defendant allegedly dangled his girlfriend’s infant (age 1) by her feet and put her arm in a pot of boiling water. The baby’s wrist & forearm were broken.

Pled no contest - adjudicated guilty.  Sentenced to 9 yrs DOC w/credit 1 yr 27 days time served

Hughley, Dionne Shaunte

2010-CF-014911-A-O

Agg Assault on LEO w/Motor Vehicle; Agg Child Abuse (5cts); Culpable Negligence; False Imprisonment (2cts); False Imprisonment of Child<13yrs (3cts)

Defendant allegedly led deputies on a high-speed chase thru 3 jurisdictions with 5 children in her vehicle. One deputy was injured.

Pled no contest to Aggravated Flee & Attempt to Elude and 5 counts of Neglect of Child.  Sentenced to 18m DOC w/credit 2 days time served; 4 yrs probation.

Ford, Michelle Marie

2010-CF-013268-A-O

Aggravated Child Neglect

Defendant's 7-mo old son was allegedly killed by his father Keith Skinner (2010CF13267AO). Defendant was charged because she allegedly knew of Skinner's abuse & failed to protect their son from his father.

Pled to Child Neglect & adjudicated guilty. Sentenced to 51 weeks jail w/credit 4 days time served; 4 yrs probation; 100 hours community service.  See previous blog here.

Toomes, James Clayton

2010-CF-009427-A-O

Child Abuse

Defendant was an Altamonte Springs police officer who allegedly had sexual relations w/a 17-yr old girl

Pled no contest - adjudicated guilty.  Sentenced to 4 yrs probation.

Lopez, Gabriela Perez

2011-CF-006566-A-O

Negelct of Child

A 1-yr old girl that defendant was babysitting was found wandering alone on Semoran Blvd in Winter Park.

No information notice filed.  Case dismissed.

Bivins, Travis

2011-CF-005735-A-O

Interference w/custody

Defendant allegedly removed his ex-girlfriend's daughter from Lake Gem Elementary School & sent her threatening text messages after his ex told him she was planning to move away

No information notice filed.  Case dismissed.

Ricketts, Althea J

2011-CF-011016-A-O

Agg Child Abuse

Defendant allegedly beat her son w/a cable because he had a facebook page. A friend had alerted the defendant to the page because the boy had posted that he might try to harm himself

No information notice filed.  Case dismissed.

Gohde, Charles W

2010-CF-003635-A-O

Neglect Child w/o Great Harm

Defendant allegedly abandoned his 4-mo old in bushes for 2 hrs near Universal Studios while he looked for the mother.

Nolle prossed (i.e., charges dropped).