The case stemmed from the death of Jose Gregory Villegas at Lake Correctional Institution. Villegas was found unresponsive in his cell and became combative when awakened by officers. READ ...

RAIFORD, Fla. (WCJB) - The Florida Supreme Court denied Robert Craft’s latest appeal on his death sentence on Thursday. Craft was sentenced to death for the 2018 first-degree murder of his ...

A Lake County jail inmate, who authorities said already was in custody on homicide charges, faces multiple counts of aggravated battery to a correctional officer. Raymond L. Smith, 46, of Zion ...

and one count of resisting a correctional employee, according to the Lake County Sheriff's office. On Jan. 3, a correctional officer conducting his rounds noticed Smith had more library books in ...