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Dan Sullivan - Courts Reporter
Dan Sullivan

Courts Reporter

I got into this business because I like telling stories. The best stories, I think, are ones that touch on themes of justice and injustice, compassion and forgiveness, choices and consequences. You can find a lot of that in the local court and criminal justice system, which I write about for the Times. I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, went to high school in Massachusetts, and came to Florida for college. I graduated from the University of Tampa in 2006. My wife, Meg, is a teacher. Outside work, I enjoy long walks, road trips, and reading public records. I’m a nerd.

  1. Hombre de Clearwater golpeó y apuñaló a su madre hasta la muerte,
    Yesterday• CENTRO
    Logan Lopez, de 24 años, fue fichado la madrugada del domingo en la cárcel del condado de Pinellas por un cargo de asesinato relacionado con la muerte de su madre, Mary Beth Lopez, según la policía de Clearwater. [Departamento de Policía de Clearwater]
  2. Golf cart driver, 92, dies in Sun City Center collision
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    A woman died Sunday in Sun City Center when the golf cart she was driving collided with a pickup truck.
  3. Clearwater man beat and stabbed mother to death, police say
    Yesterday• Clearwater
    Logan Lopez, 24, was booked early Sunday in the Pinellas County Jail on a murder charge related to the death of his mother, Mary Beth Lopez, according to Clearwater police.
  5. Overnight fire damages Avila home
    Yesterday• Tampa
    A photograph show the damage left after a fire broke out Saturday night in the kitchen of a home in the Avila community north of Tampa.
  6. A 2nd man was involved in Tampa 14-year-old’s murder, prosecutor says
    Jul. 15• Crime
    A photo of Nilexia Alexander is seen during a news conference about Ronny Walker's connection to Nilexia's murder at the Tampa Police Department on July 8 in Tampa.
  7. Florida should bring back parole, conservative policy study says
    Jul. 12• Crime
    The Commission on Offender Review, the old parole board, is a three-person panel that examines the cases of people convicted of crimes before the state abolished parole. But few these days are granted release and the majority of the state’s prisoners are ineligible.
  8. Tampa man accused in 14-year-old’s death once got life, but got out
    Jul. 8• Crime
    A photo of Nilexia Alexander is seen during a press conference about Ronny Walker's connection to Nilexia's murder at the Tampa Police Department on Friday, July 8, 2022 in Tampa.
  9. ‘You’re very evil.’ Man gets life in prison for Tampa rape
    Jul. 7• Crime
    Antonio Rivers speaks from the witness stand during his sentencing hearing Thursday in Tampa. He was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of a 2000 rape that went unsolved for two decades.
  10. Who will enforce Florida’s 15-week abortion ban? And what if they refuse?
    Jul. 7• Florida
    It's expected that the Florida Supreme Court will likely have to decide whether the state's 15-week abortion ban is unconstitutional.
  11. Death threat to Minn. Rep. Ihan Omar gets Sarasota man probation, $7k fine
    Jul. 6• Tampa
    From left, U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., at a news conference at the Capitol in 2019. A Sarasota man has been sentenced to probation for threatening to shoot Omar.
  12. Guilty verdict in Tampa child abuse murder trial
    Jun. 30• Hillsborough
    David Vasquez Malave is escorted into a Tampa courtroom Tuesday during his trial. He was found guilty of murder Thursday in the July 2020 death of 2-year-old Kaydan Guerrero.
  13. 2-year-old’s death is focus of Tampa abuse trial
    Jun. 29• Hillsborough
    David Vasquez Malave is escorted into a Tampa courtroom Tuesday during his trial. He is accused in the July 2020 death of 2-year-old Kaydan Guerrero.
  14. 2 decades later, a guilty verdict in Tampa cold case rape
    Jun. 14• Tampa
    Antonio Rivers sits in court during his trial Monday in Tampa. He is charged with sexual battery and burglary in a 2000 case in which a woman was attacked while entering a Seminole Heights apartment.
  15. After treatment, man accused in 2017 Tampa neo-Nazi case returns to court
    Jun. 10• Tampa
    Devon Arthurs appears in a mug shot taken upon his return to Hillsborough County jail on Thursday.
  16. Florida Supreme Court upholds death penalty for Temple Terrace child murder
    Jun. 9• Hillsborough
    Granville Ritchie, center, stands during his trial in Hillsborough County for the 2014 rape and strangulation of 9-year-old Felecia Williams.
  17. Men from Clearwater, Lakeland latest Florida arrests in U.S. Capitol riot
    Jun. 3• Clearwater
    Supporters of former President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.
  18. Mom accepts 20 years in prison in child’s Hillsborough River drowning
    May 31• Crime
    Shakayla Denson is escorted into a Tampa courtroom Tuesday morning, shortly before she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Je'Hyrah Daniels.
  19. Thousands in Florida have had guns seized through risk protection orders since 2018
    May 28• Florida
    A cache of weapons seized from one man is stored in the evidence room in 2019 at the Hillsborough County Courthouse in Tampa.
  20. Tampa Bay’s new top federal prosecutor aims for bigger cases
    May 27• Florida
    U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida Roger Handberg poses for a portrait in his Tampa office earlier this month. Five months into the job, Handberg aims to refocus on the cases he believes federal prosecutors are best equipped to handle.
  21. Appeals court upholds Cameron Herrin’s 24-year sentence in fatal Bayshore crash
    May 23• Tampa
    Cameron Herrin reacts the moment he hears his sentence — 24 years in prison — at the conclusion of his sentencing hearing on April 8, 2021.
  22. Hillsborough state attorney to seek death penalty for man accused of 2 Tampa slayings
    May 20• Crime
    Damien Marshall is facing first-degree murder charges in the deaths of Linda Harris and Jenny DeLeon.
  23. Former aide sues Tampa Councilman Orlando Gudes
    May 18• Tampa
    Tampa City Council member Orlando Gudes is seen during a council meeting March 31 in Tampa.
  24. Florida death row inmates promised more humane treatment after lawsuit settlement
    May 16• Florida
    In this photo from the Florida Department of Corrections, two corrections officers walk past cells on death row at Union Correctional Institution.
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