Jevante Hamilton, 25, Indicted on 1st Degree Murder in Overdose Death of...
Hamilton is accused of killing Timothy J. Davidson, 25, by overdose on Aug. 24, 2019 in Palm Coast, after allegedly selling him fentanyl, and becomes the second man indicted on a murder charge...
View ArticleFacing Life in Prison, Benjamin Allen, 18, Rejects 30-Year Offer; State...
Benjamin Allen, the 18-year-old Palm Coast resident accused of first-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Elijah Rizvan 15 months ago, and Nathaniel Shimmel, facing a similar charge in...
View ArticleAs Flagler’s Covid Numbers Keep Going the Wrong Way, Even a Judge Says It...
Nathaniel Shimmel, 25, faces a 1st-degree murder charge in the stabbing death of his mother in 2017. He's willing to plea to 30 to 50 years. The state wants 35 to life. The trial, the oldest on...
View Article2 Arrested in ‘Targeted’ Circle K Murder in 2019 Following Extensive...
A 15-month-long murder investigation the Flagler County sheriff called "the most extensive" in county history ended Thursday with the arrest of two men charged in the hit-style shooting at the Circle K...
View ArticleFlagler Grand Jury Issues 4 Indictments for Murder, 2 More in Drug Deaths, 2...
The indictments of Allyson Dawn Bennett, 39, and Javian Neesmith, 21, are Flagler County's second and third for murder stemming from the death of individuals from drug overdoses--a relatively new,...
View ArticleSentenced to Life in Prison for Shooting Girlfriend, Jonathan Canales Returns...
Jonathan Canales was sentenced to life in prison for the attempted murder of Tiffany Norman in the Mondex in 2014 as her three children slept. He will represent himself when he appears before Circuit...
View ArticleA Blustering Jonathan Canales Calls Court ‘Satanistic’ as He Loses Latest...
Jonathan Canales, the 34-year-old former Mondex man serving a life term for shooting his then-girlfriend, accused the prison system of exposing him to beatings and the courts for being "satanistic" and...
View ArticleA Day of Testimony Unravels Three Witnesses’ Fleeing and Eluding Questions in...
The three witnesses who were in the car with Benjamin Allen the evening Elijah Rizvan was shot and killed testified today in Allen's trial on a first-degree murder charge, revealing to what extent they...
View ArticleBenjamin Allen Sobs, ‘It’s Pointless,’ as Jury Watches His Interview Before...
In the last day of trial before closing arguments, the jury watched a 56-minute interview between Benjamin Allen, who is accused of murder, and detectives, in the presence of his parents. He maintained...
View ArticleJury Finds Benjamin Allen Not Guilty in Shooting Death of Elijah Rizvan,...
After deliberating just under two and a half hours today, the all-white jury of four women and two men found Benjamin Allen not guilty of the murder by gunshot of 17-year-old Elijah Rizvan two years...
View Article2 High-Profile Trials, in Killing of Brandi Celenza and Alleged Disfigurement...
They are two of the most lurid, high-profile, long-lasting cases on the felony docket of Flagler County's court: Keith Johansen, 39, faces a first-degree murder charge in the shooting death of his wife...
View ArticleKeith Johansen Springs New Defense in Gunning Down of Wife Brandi Celenza:...
Keith Johansen, 39, is accused of murdering his wife Brandi Celenza at their F-Section home in Palm Coast in 2018. In opening arguments at his trial this morning, his attorney, discarding previous...
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