Seminole Co. jury votes 11-1 for death penalty for DONOVAN L. FAISON for killing pregnant girlfriend and their unborn son after she refused to get an abortion. Why prosecutors Stewart Stone, Domenick Leo, and Anna Valentini say this murder warrants the 'ultimate punishment':

Man who threatened Taco Bell servers with a gun in Satellite Beach after they asked him to speed-up his order now faces decades in prison. Why prosecutors Nader Hatoum and Francis DeMuro sought a jury verdict against BRIAN A. BAJANA: bit.ly/4qOOYyn

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Brevard Co. Grand Jury indicts two young men for murder and other charges for the Oct. 6 shooting of a 15-year-old girl and two companions outside a Cocoa-area restaurant. JONTERICH L. SMITH, 21, was arrested, but XAZAVIER E. BUTLER, 20, remains at large. Details:

Casselberry man who stabbed his girlfriend to death then calmly drove their children to school sentenced to life in prison without parole. Prosecutors Domenick Leo, Jacob Polk and Sarah Mian proved to jurors it was no fit of passion: bit.ly/4otqTLQ

Former Lake Mary High School teacher could spend life in prison after pleading guilty to sexual battery and other charges for his relationship with a 17-year-old student. The evidence prosecutors have on RICHARD C. COLON, 57 and what's next: bit.ly/49eozUf

Burglar who killed popular former Cocoa city councilman and teacher during break-in sentenced to 50 years in prison. What MATTHEW INKLEBARGER said in court after prosecutor Ann Perrin required him to confess in plea deal: bit.ly/4raDMwc

Man who hit and killed bicyclist in Cape Canaveral while driving drunk on S.R. A1A has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for DUI manslaughter. GLENN W. BRIMMER, 46, also was ordered to reimburse funeral expenses for his victim. bit.ly/4imTfoP

Man who threatened Taco Bell servers with a gun in Satellite Beach after one asked him to speed up his order sentenced to seven years in prison. Prosecutor Nader Hatoum says the armed threat traumatized teenage worker: bit.ly/4rFkS0C

Man who shot and dismembered Indian Harbour Beach mom Nancy Howery and hid her remains across an undeveloped part of Palm Bay has been sentenced to life in prison. Why ASA Samantha Barrett said murder was "committed with hatred, ill-will and spite.” bit.ly/3XxWfoP

Judge sentences DONOVAN L. FAISON to death for killing his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn son after she refused to get an abortion. Seminole prosecutors convicted Faison at trial in October of first-degree murder with a firearm, killing an unborn child, and burglary with a

The State Attorney’s Office will seek the death penalty for two men for the Oct. 6 ambush shooting of a 15-year-old girl and two companions outside a Cocoa-area restaurant. JONTERICH L. SMITH, 21, and XAZAVIER E. BUTLER, 20, were indicted in November for first-degree murder with

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Brevard County Grand Jury indicts TYJAH JOHN BELLINGER, 23, for first-degree murder for the Nov. 16 shooting death of his girlfriend inside a Port St. John house. How a 911 caller's eyes and ears were key to catching him: bit.ly/3KoISV5

Brevard Co. Grand Jury indicts 13-year-old boy for first-degree felony murder and attempted robbery for the Nov. 16 shooting of a man in Cocoa. EMERIL T. L. RACHEL will be prosecuted as an adult for what investigators say was a botched armed robbery of victim Kelby Miller, 30.