Florida police departments review policies, procedures and training
The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has prompted police departments around Florida to review their policies, procedures and training.
On the afternoon of Aug. 27, a woman in Deltona called police to report that a bearded black man wearing a white tank top and dark shorts had stolen a string trimmer from her back yard.
Meanwhile, Joseph Griffin had gone for a jog in his Deltona neighborhood, about two miles from the woman’s house. Griffin, 28, a former Army staff sergeant, is an assistant nurse manager in the intensive care unit at AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach. He lives in Deltona with his wife and two children.
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DeBary, pleaded guilty in
Volusia County to charges of first-degree murder, abuse of a dead body and tampering with evidence.
Prior to Wednesday’s plea deal, Ramos, who prosecutors charged as an adult, could have faced lifetime in prison. Since he was a juvenile when arrested, Ramos could not be sentenced to mandatory life without any chance of release.
Ramos, who also agreed to a lifetime of probation, will have a chance at parole when his sentence is reviewed in 25 years. He will be formally sentenced on Jan. 22,
Gregory Ramos, the DeBary teen accused of strangling his mother when the two argued over grades, took a plea deal this morning. He pleaded guilty & agreed to serve 45 years with a chance of parole in 25 years and lifetime probation. Sentencing will be January 22 pic.twitter.com/6sYZfeZ6JO