Gabriela Szymanowska
Criminal Justice Reporter at Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Opinions/Tweets are my own. @Report4America corps member for @HeraldTribune Previously reported for The Clarion Ledger Graduate of @UTKnoxville
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1 week ago |
heraldtribune.com | Gabriela Szymanowska
Former Circuit Court Judge James Smiley Parker, known for his extensive legal knowledge and commitment to due process, died at 81. Parker served as a judge in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit for 40 years, including a significant tenure as the sole resident circuit judge in DeSoto County. Remembered as a "cowboy judge" with a sharp legal mind, Parker was respected for his fairness, humor, and unwavering commitment to the rule of law.
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1 week ago |
heraldtribune.com | Gabriela Szymanowska
Brennan Wakey's appeal of a denied 'Stand Your Ground' claim has been rejected by the Second District Court of Appeals. Wakey is charged with second-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the 2021 death of his boyfriend, Colton Wright, at a Sarasota Hyatt Place hotel. Judge Thomas Krug previously ruled that Wakey did not reasonably fear imminent death or great bodily harm when he shot Wright.
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1 week ago |
heraldtribune.com | Gabriela Szymanowska
Alexander Lightner, 27, sentenced to over four years for possessing an unregistered firearm after making online mass shooting threats. Lightner, a member of the white supremacist group Terrorgram Collective, made threats of a racially motivated attack. Investigators found firearms, ammunition, white supremacist propaganda, and a copy of Mein Kampf at Lightner's residence.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Gabriela Szymanowska
A Venice man has been sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison for possessing an unregistered firearm after he was arrested for making several online threats of committing a mass shooting. Alexander Lightner, 27, was arrested in January 2024 after he made the online threats in the name of white supremacy and extremism, according to previous reporting.
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2 weeks ago |
heraldtribune.com | Gabriela Szymanowska
More than two dozen people gathered outside the Manatee County Clerk of Court’s Office Monday to protest a judge’s decision to dismiss a case against a man accused of fatally shooting a 49-year-old Bradenton man after a car crash.
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