A Florida man indicted on charges of sexually abusing a child faces the death penalty, in what could be the first case of its kind under a new law that expanded capital punishment.
A Florida man could be the first offender to be sentenced to death under the state's new law that allows capital punishment for people who commit sex crimes against children.
The state attorney representing Lake County is seeking the death penalty against a man indicted on child sexual battery charges, a first under Florida’s new law that allows that sentence for child rape cases.
A jury found Leesburg resident Donaven Owens guilty Wednesday of attempted first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer for shooting at a police officer in 2019. Owens, 24, is set for sentencing in January and faces a mandatory life sentence. Jurors also found him guilty of attempted first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a delinquent. Mark Johnson, the Leesburg Police .