Kenny Hoffa, father of victim Monica Hoffa, said in the news release that it is “a small comfort” to know that Donaldson will spend his life behind bars.
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The trial was scheduled to begin in August.įamily members and investigators attended the hearing. The guilty plea Monday came during a hearing that had been set for defense motions seeking to toss out evidence obtained from the McDonald’s encounter, which Donaldson’s lawyer had contended was an illegal arrest. Investigators also used cellphone records and the video to place Donaldson at the locations where the four victims were killed. 40-caliber Glock handgun.ĭonaldson was taken into custody and the handgun was matched to the slayings. The manager instead showed the bag to a Tampa police officer who was eating in the restaurant and found it contained a. The case wasn’t solved until Donaldson asked the manager of a McDonald’s restaurant where he worked to hold a plastic bag with something heavy in it while he ran an errand. Police eventually concluded that the killings were linked.
They were each shot in the early morning hours in the Seminole Heights neighborhood with the same type of ammunition while doing everyday tasks such as waiting at a bus stop or crossing a city street. 14, 2017, of Benjamin Mitchell, Monica Hoffa, Anthony Naiboa and Ronald Felton. “He will now be locked away in a prison cell for the rest of his life where he will make no more headlines.”ĭonaldson, 30, admitted to the shooting deaths between Oct. “This coward committed unspeakable acts and wreaked havoc on our community for weeks on end,” said State Attorney Suzy Lopez in a news release. The surprise plea deal means that Donaldson will avoid the death penalty, prosecutors said. Howell Donaldson III entered the guilty pleas to four counts of first-degree murder and was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without parole, according to court records.
Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)Ī Florida man pleaded guilty Monday to randomly shooting four people in a 2017 killing rampage that set a Tampa neighborhood on edge for weeks. The Florida man pleaded guilty to randomly shooting four people in a 2017 killing rampage that set a Tampa neighborhood on edge for weeks. Check out the original for a more exhilarating experience.Howell Donaldson III stands in the Hillsborough Courthouse on Monday, May 1, 2023, in Tampa. As the film limps to an unsatisfying finish, however, it's clear that both talented actors deserve better.
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Foxx and Monaghan do their utmost with a plot that would struggle to fill an hour-long TV episode, with both doing enough to convince you that the chase is worth following. The only mercy is that the excruciating dialogue is often inaudible thanks to all the husky muttering. Unlikeable characters make bizarre decisions, often motivated by reasons that aren't exactly clear. At one point the villain of the story remarks "There's a right way of doing things, and a wrong way", and it seems as though everyone in this film chose the latter. To make things worse, he also has to shake off a determined internal affairs officer (Michelle Monaghan) who's hot on his tail. In this pointless US remake of pulsating 2011 French thriller Sleepless Night, Jamie Foxx stars as a crooked cop with one night to return the drugs he stole from a dangerous gangster, in order to save his son.
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