Circuit Judge Charles Crawford sentenced 22-year-old Jackalynn D'Aruria to 30 years in prison, after she was convicted by a Brevard County Jury on July 7, 2023, of Manslaughter with a Deadly Weapon, in connection to the brutal stabbing death of her mother, 36-year-old Amanda Ervin.
Circuit Judge Robert Segal sentenced 28-year-old Robert Ayers IV to 30 years in prison, followed by 25 years of supervised probation as a Sex Offender, after he was convicted by a Brevard County Jury on June 9, 2023, of two counts of Unlawful Travel to Meet a Minor, one count of Transmission of Material Harmful to Minors by Electronic Device, and four counts of Computer Solicitation of a Child.
A Brevard County Jury found 37-year-old David Dean guilty of Sexual Battery By Use or Threat of a Deadly Weapon in connection to a sexual battery on a teenage victim on San Fillipo Drive SE, in Palm Bay in September of 2006.
A Brevard County Jury found 37-year-old Paul James Newman guilty on one felony count of Lewd or Lascivious Battery on a Child, in connection to an incident at his Palm Bay home in September of 2019.