Pinellas-Pasco state attorney draws first challenger in decades
Allison Miller, a longtime assistant public defender, filed to run as a Democrat in the November 2022 special election. The last time voters had a choice for state attorney was in 1992.
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Pinellas-Pasco assistant public defender Allison Miller announced Thursday her run for state attorney. Miller is running as a Democrat for an office that was led by the late Bernie McCabe for almost 30 years. After McCabe s death in January, his long-time chief assistant, Bruce Bartlett, took over the job. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]
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Pinellas and Pasco county voters will have a choice for state attorney for the first time in 30 years.
Updated: 2:12 PM EST March 9, 2021
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. A 13-year-old boy has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge in connection with the death of his grandmother.
Javarick Henderson Jr. is accused of stabbing his grandmother, Gloria Davis, to death on Nov. 25 in her St. Petersburg home.
He was arrested that day on a second-degree murder charge. He was indicted on the first-degree charge on Friday.
Investigators said they have no motive for the killing.
Henderson will be transferred from the Pinellas County Juvenile Detention Center to the Pinellas County Jail, and he will be charged as an adult.
A close friend and neighbor, Mequel Mobley, said Davis enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and never complained of any problems.
Defense wants 13-year-old facing murder charge out of Pinellasâ adult court system
The case of Javarick Henderson Jr. raises the issue of what the legal system should do when a child is accused of a violent crime.
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Javarick Henderson Jr. is ushered into a courtroom Tuesday for a court hearing in front of Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Nancy Moate Ley. The 15-year-old faces a charge of first-degree murder. He was arrested in 2019 at the age 13, accused of killing his grandmother, 56-year-old Gloria Davis. His defense attorneys argued that he should be tried in juvenile court, that the legal basis for moving his case to adult court is unconstitutional. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD ]