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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Man hired hitmen to kill Florida teen he sexually assaulted: police
2023-11-03
[FoxNews] Four people are facing charges in connection to a $10,000 murder-for-hire conspiracy that saw a teenage Florida girl shot dead after she told police she was sexually assaulted by a man.

Isabella Scavelli, 17, of Brooksville, was allegedly shot dead on her doorstep by two men on Feb. 7, one day after reporting to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) that Lenard White, whom she knew, had attacked her. Scavelli’s mother was also seriously injured in the alleged hit after the teen opened the door to a hail of gun fire.

Now investigators at the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Middle District of Florida say White hired two men – Sheldon Robinson, 21, and Keshawn Woods, 22 – to carry out the gunning down of Scavelli because she spoke out.

White, investigators said at a Thursday morning press conference, offered Robinson about $10,000 to murder the teen.

Robinson seemingly accepted the number and then brazenly asked for help via social media saying he had a "clean up job" to do. He said he would give his accomplice $5,000 and cocaine to help, according to the HCSO. Investigators held up an image Robinson posted to social media showing the cash and cocaine.

Sheriff Al Nienhuis, of the HCSO, said Scavelli was not engaged in any" high-risk activity." "She was a good kid with a very bright future and to see her life cut short is heart-wrenching to say the least. Words cannot even express it," Nienhuis said.

Nienhuis said ammunition matching the gun used at the crime scene was found at Robinson’s home.

The HCSO, working in conjunction with the ATF and law enforcement officials recently found a gun hidden in the backyard of Robinson’s home, Fox 13 Tampa Bay reported. Nienhuis said that when the ballistics test came back it showed that the gun was used to shoot the victims.

The three are all in custody and been charged with a slew of crimes including conspiracy to commit murder for hire, murder for hire and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, officials said.

White and Robinson were also charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, tampering with a witness, and obstruction of justice.

Meanwhile, Janet Williams, Robinson’s mother, was charged with multiple counts of providing false statements to federal agents after she allegedly discovered $6,000 cash in her home and was not forthcoming to law enforcement about the money.

If convicted on all counts, White, Robinson, and Woods each face mandatory life imprisonment, or the federal death penalty. Williams faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison for each of the three false statement counts.
Posted by:Skidmark

#3  Unfortunately for the arrestees in this case, there is no Soros prosecutor to come to their rescue and murder for hire will prolly get at least some of them tickets for a Starke gurney ride.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-11-03 07:48  

#2  Just responding to the centuries of oppression by the Whites (it works for Palestine)
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-11-03 06:56  

#1  Yep.
You guessed it.

Posted by: Skidmark   2023-11-03 06:52  

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