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Life in Prison for Brian Wirth, Palm Coast Father of 3 Who Raped His Young Children for Years

February 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Brian Scott Wirth reading his statement for 20 minutes today from a jail room, before he was sentenced to life in prison. (© FlaglerLive)

Circuit Judge Terence Perkins today sentenced Brian Scott Wirth, 40, to life in prison on numerous counts of raping, abusing and humiliating his three children over many years, from the time they turned 5 or 6. Wirth had pleaded guilty and was hoping for a 35-year sentence.

Daughter Gives Her Murdered Mother A Voice Moments Before Killer Is Sentenced To Life in Prison

September 30, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

An image of Zuheily Roman Rosado the prosecution displayed during closing arguments in the case that ended with a guilty verdict for Joseph Bova, who sat between his two attorneys, Josh Mosley, left, and Matt Phillips, Monday in circuit court. (© FlaglerLive)

Teisha Silva Rosado, eldest daughter of Zuheily Rosado, who was murdered six and a half years ago, took the stand just before the sentencing of Joseph Bova today, describing her mother to a courtroom that until then had only known Rosado as a name.

Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison, F-Section Arsonist Leaves Judge Craig Puzzled By ‘Senselessness’

May 24, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Vitaly Tsabak arriving in court this afternoon. His attorney, Aaron Delgado, is to the right. (© FlaglerLive)

Circuit Judge Dennis Craig spoke heartfully and at length of the senselessness of 29-year-old Vitaly Tsabak’s burning of a family home before sentencing him to what proved to be a remarkably lenient 20-year term.

“I’d Like To Stare At Him In the Eyes Now”
Serial Masked Armed Robber Sentenced To 30 Years as Victim Rebukes Him

February 21, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

He's into staring: Charles Rushing-Griffen in court this morning, where he was sentenced. One of his victims asked the judge if she could stare at him the way he stared at her. The judge allowed it. (© FlaglerLive)

A Terranova Restaurant owner in court today told castigated Charles Rushing-Griffen for the way he’d stared at her while robbing her at gunpoint in December.

Abandoned by Family, Giuseppe Verdone Is Sentenced to Life Without Parole in Carjacking of Chinese Restaurant Owner

July 15, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Judge J. David Walsh imposed two life terms and two 30-year terms, all concurrently, after denying a motion for a new trial. Verdone, 24, declined to address the court.

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