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State of Florida v. Yuvrajjit Singh Gill

Press Release | March 27, 2026

After a three-day trial, a St. Johns County jury found defendant Yuvrajjit Gill guilty of two counts of Armed False Imprison…

State of Florida v. Taylor Blaine Schaefer

Press Release | March 9, 2026

During a hearing on Friday, defendant Taylor Schaefer was sentenced to 60 years in prison. She entered no contest pleas last…

State of Florida v. Latravius Jamarr Jacobs

Press Release | February 5, 2026

After a three-day trial, a Volusia County jury found defendant Latravius Jacobs guilty as charged of First-Degree Felony Mur…

State of Florida v. James Tyler Melady

Press Release | February 2, 2026

During a hearing this afternoon, defendant James Melady was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by five years of probat…

Two Defendants Convicted in Two Days in St. Johns County

Press Release | January 22, 2026

St. Johns County juries delivered back-to-back guilty-as-charged verdicts this week, convicting two defendants on drug charg…

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State of Florida v. Robert Safford Goodwin

During a hearing on Thursday, defendant Robert Goodwin entered no contest pleas to two counts of Grand Theft over $100,000 a

Volusia County Defendant Convicted of Two Counts of Capital Sexual Battery

After a two-day trial, a Volusia County jury found defendant Steven Cribb guilty as charged of two counts of Sexual Battery

Officer Jason Raynor Act Signed into Florida Law

Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 156, the Officer Jason Raynor Act, into law on Tuesday morning. The law establishes

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State Attorney R.J. Larizza honored the legacy of the four former State Attorneys who served Florida’s Seventh Judicial Circuit by hanging their portraits at the S. James Foxman Justice Center in Daytona Beach.

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State Attorney R.J. Larizza filed the notice of intent to seek the death penalty in Edgewater Police Officer David Jewell’s murder.