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Teens sentenced to prison for role in Marion County murders
WESH 2 news ^ | July 23, 2025 | Matt Leonard

Posted on 07/24/2025 9:20:08 AM PDT by Morgana

MARION COUNTY, Fla. —

A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced for his role in three Marion County murders that took place in early 2023 when he was just 12 years old.

Christopher Atkins was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the murder of Camille Quarles in 2023. Quarles was one of three victims in a string of murders, the other two victims being Layla Silvernail and Michael Hodo Jr.

Atkins was charged in the murders alongside Robert Robinson and Tahj Brewton, who were 17 and 16 years old at the time of the killings. Robinson and Brewton entered no contest pleas in early June and are expected to be sentenced on July 23.

Atkins was charged with one count of first-degree murder as well as one count each of armed robbery and tampering with evidence. His 40-year sentence for the murder is eligible for review after 25 years.

Robinson and Brewton were sentenced to life in prison. All three defendants were charged as adults.

The victims were found in areas around Ocklawaha in late March 2023, two being found on the side of the road and a third in the trunk of a car. All three suffered gunshot wounds and knew each other.

(Excerpt) Read more at wesh.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: 202303; atkins; camillequarles; christopheratkins; hodo; laylasilvernail; marioncounty; michaelhodojr; murders; ocklawaha; quarles; robertrobinson; silvernail; tahjbrewton

1 posted on 07/24/2025 9:20:08 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

It’s them...................


2 posted on 07/24/2025 9:26:19 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

It’s always them, Boo Boo.


3 posted on 07/24/2025 9:27:53 AM PDT by Nea Wood ( )
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To: Red Badger

Yogi always knows.


4 posted on 07/24/2025 9:28:13 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Kamala defines herself in just 4 words..."Nothing comes to mind.")
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To: Red Badger

Good to get them off the street and prevent them from breeding.


5 posted on 07/24/2025 9:28:51 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: EinNYC

He could still breed, he’ll only be 40 when they unleash him.


6 posted on 07/24/2025 9:32:17 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: Morgana

People used to say that violent cartoons made children violent. As a kid I watched all the sixties cartoons and never felt the urge to enact any of the violence. Then, one day the cartoons ended, and my neighbor’s passel of kids came running outside and they were hyper and enacting similar violent and harmful things that they had just seen.

Even as a child I realized they were extremely stupid kids. Maybe lack of intelligence, forethought and insight, along with constant violent media enables children to do stupid things to others. Even in movies, you see the same actors die and then they’re just fine in the next movie. I had a cop describe the scene where a black child was pointing a gun at him and he eventually talked it away from him. He said when he tried to explain he might have killed the kid the kid said, “Yeah, but then I’d do...” The conversation repeated several times, and the black kid had no concept of what death meant.


7 posted on 07/24/2025 9:37:09 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (I had a tagline and I dropped it. The cat back-pawed it under the Barcalounger. )
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To: Morgana
Maybe he'll get shanked inside. Personally I think public slow impalement in the exercise yard of a juvenile incarceration facility with broadcast on network TV would provide somewhat of a deterrent. Young ferals have no regard for the lives of others, but maybe seeing some of their own suffer a medieval fate it might sow some caution if only for the consequences to themselves.
8 posted on 07/24/2025 9:40:42 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: Morgana

I grew up in Ocklawaha [Oklawaha] - it’s about 25 miles east of Ocala, way out in the sticks.


9 posted on 07/24/2025 9:44:23 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: Gen.Blather
IMHO part of the problem is The TalkTM. A black kid who's been told over and over and over and over that life is stacked against him feels like he has nothing to lose.
10 posted on 07/24/2025 9:45:11 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Morgana

...During the hearing, Judge Robert Hodges asked one of the state’s witnesses if Robinson ever said why they did this in the first place.

“The why was because of wanting a firearm that Mr. Hodo had,” said an investigator with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office....


11 posted on 07/24/2025 9:46:13 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: Gen.Blather

You are referring to the Looney Tunes and Merrie Meledies cartoons. Yea I remember people saying this but kids knew better because we were not complete retards.


12 posted on 07/24/2025 9:54:27 AM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul 🇺🇸 )
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To: All

13 posted on 07/24/2025 10:09:21 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of racism, anger, hate and violence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Wrong link on picture.

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/marion-county-teen-enter-plea-be-sentenced-2023-ocklawaha-triple-murder-case

14 posted on 07/24/2025 10:11:01 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of racism, anger, hate and violence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I had never heard the term trap house till I saw it brought up on a TV show on A&E dealing with murder cases. Seems it is a term used in the “yogi” identified community.


15 posted on 07/24/2025 10:44:34 AM PDT by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town now!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

ANOTHER TARANTULA HEAD


16 posted on 07/24/2025 10:54:45 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Deo volente

Then they better arrange for an “accident” to prevent that.


17 posted on 07/24/2025 11:18:06 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

A new bitch in a cell block are always welcomed.


18 posted on 07/24/2025 11:47:03 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: ridesthemiles

Aren’t they all?


19 posted on 07/24/2025 5:27:58 PM PDT by mowowie
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