Four people have been charged in connection with the $10,000 murder-for-hire plot of a teenage girl after she reported that a man had sexually assaulted her, the Justice Department said.
Isabella Scavelli, 17, showed up at the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office in Florida on February 6 and alleged that Lenard White, a 36-year-old man with multiple aliases, had sexually abused her.
White is accused of paying Keshawn Woods, 22, and Sheldon Robinson, 21, to murder the teen, according to WFLA.
On February 7, Scavelli was fatally shot four times in her home with her mother, who accompanied her to make the report, after two men knocked on the victim’s door and opened fire.
Scavelli’s mother was seriously injured in the shooting, Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis said at the news conference Thursday.
“The bullet that caused his death entered the lower left area of his back, suggesting that he was shot in the back while trying to run for cover,” Middle District of Florida Attorney Roger Handberg shared during the conference. press.
Isabella Scavelli was murdered in her home the day after filing a police report against a man accused of planning her murder.
“She was a good girl with a very bright future and to see her life cut short was heartbreaking to say the least,” Nienhuis said at the news conference.
Police revealed that White, also known as Len, Mike Williams and Stick, was named a suspect in the shooting following a report filed against him a day earlier.
According to Fox 13, White went on a trip to Georgia the night of the teen’s shooting.
K9 units were deployed to the home shortly after the shooting and located a red Nike shoe with DNA belonging to Woods.
Lenard White is accused of hiring two men to kill Scavelli after she filed a police report against him for allegedly sexually assaulting her. Hernando County Sheriff’s Office Sheldon Robinson was charged with the teen’s murder after police reported White recruited him to kill Scavelli. Sheriff’s Office DNA evidence found near the crime scene linked Keshawn Woods to the murder. Hernando County Sheriff’s Office
Robinson, 21, had asked for help with the grizzly bear killing for hire, saying he had a “cleanup job” and would give anyone willing to help him $5,000 and cocaine, according to HCSO.
Woods agreed to participate in the hit, police revealed.
Within hours of the murder, authorities conducted a search warrant at Woods’ home and found nearly $4,000 in cash, along with a gun and illegal drugs.
An image from a video allegedly shows Robinson displaying cash and cocaine while seeking help from Woods.
A box of 9mm bullets, matching those found in the murder, was found after police searched Robinson’s residence and a ballistics test was performed.
Investigators found the murder weapon buried in Robinson’s backyard.
In the following months, the sheriff’s office and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) launched a joint investigation, Nienhuis said.
An unnamed relative of Scavelli was also seriously injured in the shooting, Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis said at Thursday’s news conference. Fox 13
Robinson’s mother, Janet Williams, found the other $6,000 used to pay for the hit, but did not report her discovery to authorities.
Williams was charged with three counts of making a false statement when she was arrested on a recorded call with her son and denied finding the money when confronted by the ATF.
“They asked me…did you make a lot of money? I said no. But you got a lot of money,” Williams allegedly said, according to the outlet.
Robinson’s mother, Janet Williams, was also arrested for allegedly lying to the ATF on her son’s behalf. Fox 13
White, the alleged mastermind of this ruthless murder-for-hire plot, was arrested on February 15 on sexual assault charges filed before the teen’s death.
The three men were charged with a number of charges, including murder for hire, conspiracy to commit murder for hire, discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a violent crime causing death, and discharge of a firearm to promote a violent crime. .
White and Robinson will appear in court on November 9.
If convicted, White, Robinson and Woods face mandatory life sentences or the death penalty.
Williams, released on condition of house arrest, faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.
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