4-14-2013 Florida:A 60-year-old ex-convict is accused of fatally stabbing his 75-year-old neighbor, a registered sex offender, in a Lealman mobile home park.
Sylvester Johnson was arrested Saturday night on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the death of William David Casey.
Casey's body was found in his home Thursday morning by a neighbor who had come to bring him food.
Johnson and Casey knew each other because both lived in the Palace Mobile Home Park, 2500 54th Ave. N. Investigators say Johnson went into Casey's mobile home sometime Wednesday night or early Thursday and stabbed him several times in the upper body.
Pinellas County Sheriff's detectives say they linked Johnson to the crime through fingerprints found at the scene. They say the motive may have been robbery, as Casey's wallet was stolen. No weapon has been found, and the investigation continues.
Florida's sex offender database shows that more than 100 men registered as sex offenders and sexual predators live in the mobile home park. It's on the western side of Interstate 275 at the 54th Avenue N exit, along Haines Road.
Johnson is not a sex offender, but the state considers him a career criminal. According to Florida Department of Corrections records, he has been in prison five times since 1984 for burglary, drugs, sexual battery and dealing in stolen property convictions.
He got out of prison in December after serving time on a cocaine charge, and was due to be on probation until 2020. ... ... ...
Court records show Casey pleaded guilty to the charges March 19. He was sentenced to two years of community control, followed by three years of probation.
On April 11, he registered as a sex offender at the Palace Mobile Home Park. ...Source... by Mike Brassfield
1 comment:
Horrible, this story is just all bad; drugs, sex offender, murder - I think we all could of guessed it happened in a mobile home park.
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