George Zimmerman granted $150K bondA judge says George Zimmerman can be released on $150,000 bail as he awaits trial for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (April 20)
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George Zimmerman apologizes to Trayvon Martin’s family
Zimmerman faces second-degree murder charge in 17-year-old Trayvon Martin’s death.
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A 76-year-old woman in the US state of Florida has been charged with careless driving after her Toyota Camry crashed through a supermarket on Saturday, injuring ten people. 33-year-old Lasaunda Hampton was recovering at home with her 3-month-old baby Tyshawn Davis, who was in the stroller visible in the video and escaped with minor injuries.Her 15-year-old daughter, Marshanna Jones, required 32 stitches to cuts from glass. Crews attending the scene said it was a miracle no one got killed.[jwplayer mediaid="11716"]
Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman has made his first court appearance on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (April 12)[jwplayer mediaid="11474"]
Julius Bender, left, Yahaziel Israel arrested in beating (Seminole County Jail, Seminole County Jail / Apr 02, 2012)
By Gary Taylor, Orlando Sentinel
A tip to Crimeline has led to the arrests of two men in a brutal beating that occurred a week ago in the Midway community east of Sanford.
Julius Ricardo Bender, 18, and Yahaziel Isaac Israel, 19, face charges of attempted first-degree murder, burglary with assault or battery and armed burglary.
The victim, a 50-year-old Winter Springs man whose name has not been released, is on life-support at Orlando Regional Medical Center.
Deputies were called to the area of Lincoln Street and Beardall Avenue about 6:30 p.m. March 26 to investigate a report of a man being beaten, Seminole County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Heather Smith said.
They found the victim in the woods on the north side of Lincoln Street.
According to arrest affidavits:
A witness told deputies he heard someone screaming for help and saw two men pull the victim from his vehicle. He said he watched as one man held the victim and the other beat him in the head with a hammer.
After they dragged the victim into the woods, the men drove away in his sport utility vehicle, which was later found abandoned about a half-mile away on Garbo Jack Lane.
Investigators got a break in the case Thursday, when a tip to Crimeline named Bender and gave the street name of the second suspect.
On Friday, investigators learned Israel’s fingerprints had been found both inside and outside of the victim’s vehicle.
The witness was shown photo lineups and picked out Bender and Israel as the men he saw beating the victim. He said Bender was the man wielding the hammer.
Both men were arrested late Friday.
gtaylor@tribune.com or 407-391-9681
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