Ocala, Florida man guilty of murder for plot that killed homeless man
Allison K. Mells was arrested in 2019 and accused of hiring a man to kill a confidential informant who was going to testify against Mells' son.
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Allison K. Mells was arrested in 2019 and accused of hiring a man to kill a confidential informant who was going to testify against Mells' son.
Roland Henry Lanctot, a key witness in a drug investigation, was found shot to death in January 2019. Police arrested two people.
Prosecutors said La'Mathis Eugene "Bread Boy" Hamilton shot and killed Roland Henry Lanctot in January 2019. A jury verdict is expected Thursday.
Ocala police officials said Roland Henry Lanctot was murdered in January 2019 because he was a witness in a drug case.
A judge Monday sentenced Douglas Devitt to 30 years in prison for shooting his drug supplier, Carlos Castillo, to death in Sorrento in 2018.