Posted on 07/22/2020 12:53:50 PM PDT by Perseverando
FROSTPROOF, Fla. - A 26-year-old man with 230 felony charges to his name is behind bars and accused of brutally murdering three fishing friends in Frostproof, the sheriff announced Wednesday. Two other suspects were arrested, and officials said it all stemmed from an argument over a truck.
On Wednesday morning, Sheriff Grady Judd announced three people had been arrested in the Friday night murders of 23-year-old Damion Tillman, 30-year-old Keven Springfield, and 27-year-old Brandon Rollins.
The suspects were identified as 26-year-old Tony “TJ” Wiggins, his girlfriend, 27-year-old Mary Whittemore, and his brother, 21-year-old Robert Wiggins.
Judd said TJ alone has a criminal history of 230 felony charges, and has regularly been arrested from the time he was 12 years old.
"I didn't stutter. He has 230 charges in his arrest history. Fifteen convictions and two times to state prison at only 26," Judd said. "He's a thug, he's a criminal. He's pure evil in the flesh. He's wild and he's out of control."
Before the triple murder, Robert had one misdemeanor arrest and Mary had no prior criminal arrests.
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Was the limit 231 felons to keep this guy in prison? My prayers to the victims.
I posted his press conference after the event, asking for help solving the case. He was impressive then as well.
$64 dollar question is what’s a 230 fellon criminal doing out in society
[A 26-year-old man with 230 felony charges to his name]
Well, now I guess he runs into the 233-strike law.
What in the world?
Some here were swearing the killers were black. They’ll be disappointed. I knew they wouldn’t be cause of the area.
Don’t believe me, go to original thread.
It sounds like a completely pointless murder.
Not that any ‘motive’ would matter to the families left behind. So one of the brothers has 230 FELONIES???
This state must not have any Three Strikes Law.
The other brother looks as though something is missing.
People will ask why and the answer could well be that the victims were wrong place and time, stepped on his shadow, or any number of things. The horror of this is that with our current justice system, these 3 could be living on Death Row for 20+ years from now!
Time for 3 creeps to ride the lightning.
Apparently he spent two tours of prison. The Dems had to get him on the street because they needed the votes.
The number of arrests......and releases....is beyond understanding.
A lawsuit for sure!.....a well deserved lawsuit!
Florida does not have a 230 Stikes Law?
I thought a lot of people believed it to be “cartels” or drug/gang related.
I still don’t see the motive unless I missed it in the article.
Who is the prosecutor in Polk County?
Who controls the Florida Legislature that permits a person with 230 felony charges to walk the streets.
Here is a link to a list of his offenses re” Florida Department of Corrections” Website.
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=H39120&TypeSearch=IR
Massive lawsuits against attorneys, judges, mayors, civil rights groups..
Sounds like one of the victims knew the killer. It was something about a bad truck engine deal.
“Judd said TJ alone has a criminal history of 230 felony charges, and has regularly been arrested from the time he was 12 years old.”
“TJ” ???
Knew him on a first name basis.
Who all is involved in letting that frothing-at-the-mouth mad dog out on the street, after all those charges, deserves the death penalty.
“I still don’t see the motive unless I missed it in the article.”
A prison guard told me that some prisoners were so dangerous the guards were told never, under any circumstances, to turn their backs on them. One of those prisoners had killed a stranger just hours after release. The guard said some prisoners had a huge “personal space.” In some cases you violated it just walking past them in the hallway. They would immediately attack the violator. They had little or no control over their violence. As to the former prisoner/killer, he told me, (approximately) “What were we going to do? He served his time and we released him. You can’t keep people in prison just because they are too dangerous to let go.”
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