Pasco Circuit Judge Thane Covert sentenced Sharon Sprout to life in prison this morning for the 2004 slaying of her longtime boyfriend, Anthony Candiano. ...more

December 23, 2008

Jurors deliberated for four hours Thursday before finding Sharon Sprout guilty of second-degree murder in the 2004 killing of her longtime boyfriend, Anthony Candiano. ...more

November 21, 2008

Jurors deliberated for four hours today before finding Sharon Sprout guilty of second-degree murder in the 2004 killing of longtime boyfriend, Anthony Candiano. She will likely be sentenced to life in prison at a hearing Dec. 23. Sprout, 51, shot Candiano in the head as he slept in their Regency Park home on July 10, 2004. Early that morning, Sprout retrieved a .38-caliber pistol from a desk in another bedroom. She then went into the master bedroom, pointed the gun behind Candiano's right ear and pulled the trigger. The bullet cut a path through Candiano's brain, instantly killing the 64-year-old. ...more

November 20, 2008

The state and defense rested their cases Wednesday afternoon in the second-degree murder trial of Sharon Sprout. ...more

November 20, 2008

Sharon Sprout's words about longtime boyfriend Tony Candiano might have seemed a bit strange when she uttered them back in early 2004. ...more

November 19, 2008

On July 10, 2004, Sharon Sprout aimed a .38-caliber pistol at the back of her sleeping boyfriend's head and pulled the trigger, detectives say she told them. ...more

November 15, 2008