Month: November 2024

Jesse Stone Sexually Assaults 91 YR Old Woman

Jesse Stone
Jesse Stone

Jesse Stone is a rapist from Florid who would plead guilty to the sexual assault of a ninety one year old woman

According to court documents Jesse Stone, who was fourteen years old at the time of the attack, would break into the home of a ninety one year old woman who he would attack and sexually assault after she caught him sneaking around her home late at night

Jesse Stone would ultimately be arrested and plead guilty to one count each of sexual assault by someone under 18 years toward a victim over the age of 12 and burglary of a dwelling with battery

Jesse Stone was tried as an adult and faces decades in prison when sentenced in December 2024

Jesse Stone Case

A teenage boy in Florida admittedly sexually assaulted a 91-year-old woman earlier this year, court records filed this week show

Jesse Stone, 14, broke into the home of the nonagenarian victim over the summer, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

The woman woke up around midnight and saw someone “sneaking through her home,” the sheriff’s office said in a press release.

Then, the adolescent criminal brutally attacked his victim.

“In a cruel act of violence, she was beaten and sexually battered,” Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said at the time.

The incident occurred on June 9, near the town of Reddick — a tiny town some 90 miles northwest of Orlando.

In the immediate aftermath of the shocking incident, law enforcement offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

By June 17, the assailant was in custody.

The sheriff offered a lengthy statement taking stock of the case:

I told everyone last week that we would find the person responsible, and we have. I’m very proud of the hard work that my detectives and forensics team have done on this case to bring about a quick closure. This type of unimaginable violence is still shocking to me after all of my years in law enforcement. The Reddick community has shown its resilience and support for us and their community through all of this. I also want to thank all of the citizens that sent in tips and leads in this case. It came as a shock that any individual would commit such an act on a 91-year-old, but it is truly disturbing when we see the young age of the arrestee. Although I firmly believe he should be held accountable for his crime, as a father, my compassion goes out to his family. Hopefully his arrest will lead to getting him help that prevents any further such acts.

A neighbor of the victim provided law enforcement with videos of Stone, the sheriff’s office said, according to Tampa-based NBC affiliate WFLA. Then, the neighbor saw the teenager riding his bike — wearing the same clothes he had on the night of the attack.

Investigators said they used DNA evidence and results from a rape kit to confirm Stone was, in fact, the culprit responsible for the crime.

“It’s a very meticulous, tedious process, but a lot of agencies don’t have that resource,” Marion County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Paul Bloom told the TV station. “A lot of their DNA is sent off and the results take a long time. We don’t want that. We don’t want time with this person out there to potentially attack another victim.”

During a subsequent interview with law enforcement, Stone allegedly admitted to breaking in, punching, and groping the woman.

The teenager was charged as an adult with one count each of sexual assault by someone under 18 years toward a victim over the age of 12 and burglary of a dwelling with battery, court records show.

He originally pleaded not guilty — but changed his plea on Nov. 7 before Fifth Judicial Circuit Judge Lisa Herndon.

Stone’s sentencing hearing is slated for Dec. 19.

Jesse Stone Sentencing

A 14-year-old boy accused of attacking and raping a 91-year-old woman in her bed has received a lengthy prison sentence in Florida. Jesse Stone was prosecuted as an adult and sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges of sexual battery and burglary of a dwelling with battery on Feb. 7, according to records filed in Marion County

Stone’s attorney declined to comment on the case to McClatchy News. The home invasion and rape of the 91-year-old shook the small town of Reddick, with a population of fewer than 500 people, and Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the attacker. To many people’s surprise, the accused perpetrator was 14. The evening of June 8, the woman reported she woke up to see a “dark shadow” hunched over and coming down the hall toward her bedroom, according to an arrest affidavit filed in Marion County.

Then the person jumped on her in bed, and she tried to fight him as he repeatedly punched her in the face, McClatchy News reported. She said she prayed to God for help, but her attacker told her to shut up before he tore off her underwear and sexually assaulted her, according to deputies. He eventually ran out of the house, leaving the woman with no clear description of her attacker in the dark, deputies said. When investigators arrived at a hospital to interview her, they said they found her in a cervical collar with bruises on her arms and her face, which was still bloody.

The woman said the day before the attack, a “neighborhood youth,” later identified as Jesse Stone, stopped by and had a conversation with her, deputies said. She described him as a “good” boy and said it had been awhile since he had come by, according to the report. Law enforcement began canvassing the area the day after the incident when Stone rode up to them on his bike and said his neighbor had something to show them, deputies said. On the neighbor’s surveillance video from the night of the break-in, a person is seen jogging wearing clothes similar to the ones Jesse Stone was wearing when he approached the deputies, according to investigators. They got permission from Stone’s grandmother, who was his guardian, to take DNA swabs, which came back as a match for DNA found on the woman’s underwear, deputies said.

He was taken into custody at his high school and told investigators he had entered the woman’s home and watched pornography on her iPad, then he assaulted her in the bedroom, deputies said. Jesse Stone initially pleaded not guilty to the charges before changing his plea in November, records show. He turned 15 in December. His attorney, Jonathan Mills, urged the judge for leniency, WOFL reported. “Mr. Stone had no criminal history,” the attorney said, according to the outlet. “His brain was nowhere near fully developed … and is still probably 10 years off from that being the case.”

According to Stone’s family and his attorney, the teen had a difficult upbringing without his parents’ involvement, and he developed a pornography addiction, WFTV reported. Reddick is about a 14-mile drive north from Ocala.

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article299948284.html#storylink=cpy

Brianna Moore Murders Newborn

Brianna Moore
Brianna Moore

Brianna Moore is an alleged teen killer from Florida who has been charged with the murder of her newborn

According to police reports Brianna Moore gave birth on the campus of the University of Tampa and would then dispose of the newborn. Her roommates would call campus security and report that they had heard a baby crying. When security showed up they reported finding blood in the bathroom however Brianna would tell them that it was from her period

The next day the discovery of a newborn in a trash bag would be discovered and reported to police. Brianna Moore would tell police that she did not know she was pregnant when she suddenly gave birth to the newborn. She claimed the newborn cried once then went quiet and when she checked for a pulse several minutes later she did not find one and disposed of the newborn

An autopsy of the newborn would reveal several cracked ribs and a lung hemorrhage. Brianna Moore would tell police she held the newborn tightly until it stopped crying.

Brianna Moore would be charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child, child neglect with great bodily harm, failure to report a death, and unlawful storage and preservation of human remains

Brianna Moore News

The former University of Tampa student accused of killing her newborn child will be able to leave jail if she posts bonds of $262,500, a judge decided Friday.

After an hourlong court hearing, Hillsborough Chief Judge Christopher Sabella denied a request from prosecutors that Brianna L. Moore be held in jail while she awaits trial.

While noting that Moore is accused of a dangerous crime, the judge found that the state had not proven that she poses a danger to the community or that she was a flight risk.

“This is a very difficult case,” Sabella said. “It’s difficult because of how sad this case is and how egregious this case is.”

The judge ordered that if Moore bonds out of jail, she must remain in Hillsborough County while she awaits trial. She must wear a GPS ankle monitor so authorities can track her movements

A prosecutor mentioned that the 19-year-old was expelled from the university after the baby’s death in April, but a university spokesperson later clarified that she wasn’t expelled, but did not reenroll. Although she lives in Mississippi and has no ties to Tampa, the judge said her defense can ask permission from a different judge for her to return home

She is accused of aggravated manslaughter and other charges related to the baby girl’s death.

Brianna Moore shuffled into court with chains at her wrists and ankles, her long hair draping a red uniform emblazoned with the words “Hillsborough County Jail.” She gazed down through eyeglasses, avoiding the attention of news cameras as sheriff’s deputies escorted her to a defense table.

She sat quietly beside a public defender as Assistant State Attorney Lindsey Hodges presented testimony from Tampa police Detective Juan Ramos about the circumstances surrounding her daughter’s birth and death.

Brianna Moore attended the university on a biology scholarship. She lived at the time in a room in McKay Hall, with a view of downtown Tampa and the Hillsborough River. She shared her room with another student. They shared a bathroom with two other young women in an adjacent room.

Campus security officers came to the dorm the afternoon of April 27. The three women all reported that they’d heard what sounded like a baby crying in their bathroom between 7 and 9 a.m. At least one of the women said she wasn’t sure if the noise was something she heard in a dream. Someone else said they wondered if it was noise from a video or social media post being played.

“That baby was born alive,” Hodges told the judge. “That baby was breathing. She cried loud enough and long enough for the suite mates and roommates to be awoken by it.”

One of the women got up at about 8 a.m. to get ready for work, court records state. She tried twice to get in the bathroom, but the door was locked. The second time, she heard Moore call out “sorry.”

Shortly thereafter, Moore’s roommate went into the bathroom and saw blood on the floor. The sight was so alarming she took a video of it and sent it to their suite mates.

Two of the women would tell campus security officers that they had suspected for two or three months that Brianna Moore might be pregnant, according to court records. Her roommate sent Moore a text message, asking if she was OK. Moore replied that she was just having a heavy menstruation, the records state, and “wasn’t feeling good this morning.”

They told campus police they were concerned a baby might have been born. Officers searched the area around McKay Hall but found nothing.

The next day, Moore’s roommate was with a friend in the dorm room when they noticed a bloody towel in a trash can, the records state. The friend used a Styrofoam container to touch the towel and felt something hard inside it. The friend then removed the trash bag from the can and brought it outside to look for campus security.

When officers arrived, they opened the bag and found the newborn dead.

Tampa police later interviewed Brianna Moore. She admitted she’d lied to the security officers the previous day, according to court records. She described the child’s birth in detail, the records state. She said she woke up feeling unwell, went to the bathroom and was surprised to find that she was pregnant and in labor. She said she may have been in denial.

She delivered the baby on the bathroom floor. She told detectives she cut the umbilical cord with one of her fingernails.

As the baby cried, she held her tight against her chest, the records state. When the crying stopped, she said she placed the child on a towel.

She took a shower and afterward touched the baby’s chest. She felt no heartbeat. She washed the child, then wrapped her in a towel. She went back into her room, laid the bundle on the floor and went to sleep.

About an hour later, she got up and checked the baby again. She rewrapped her body and placed it in the trash.

A medical examiner found the child had multiple rib fractures along her spine, according to court records. Her cause of death was deemed to be asphyxia. The manner of death was homicide.

In court, Ramos said it would have taken between 45 seconds and four minutes for the baby to die. He said Moore was inconsistent about how long she said she held the child.

Brianna Moore was arrested Oct. 18 in Mississippi and was extradited to Tampa this week.

A future court date has not been set.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2024/11/01/university-of-tampa-baby-death-arrest-brianna-moore-ut