Deneilo Bradshaw, 24, was spared death by lethal injection for the murder of Rachel Hoffman, as jurors indicated Friday that although they believed he was guilty of first-degree murder, he instead should spend the rest of his life in prison. ...more

December 19, 2009

A former car wash worker will spend the rest of his life in prison for his role in the murder of a confidential police informant during a botched drug sting. ...more

December 18, 2009

Irv Hoffman and Margie Weiss had plans for honoring their copper-haired daughter on what would have been her 25th birthday Thursday, including a long visit at Rachel Hoffman's Palm Harbor grave. ...more

December 18, 2009

A Tallahassee jury has convicted Deneilo Bradshaw of first-degree murder and robbery of 23-year-old police informant Rachel Hoffman. ...more

December 17, 2009

Jurors called it a night Wednesday without reaching a verdict in the capital murder trial of Deneilo Bradshaw, 24, accused of participating in the shooting and robbery of Tallahassee police confidential informant Rachel Hoffman, 23. ...more

December 17, 2009

Deneilo Bradshaw flashed a thick wad of $100 bills, ate pizza, had sex with a girlfriend in Orlando and sang a happy song on the night he participated in the slaying of Rachel Hoffman, according to testimony in a Leon County courthouse last week. ...more

December 13, 2009

Deneilo Bradshaw, 24, is no hardcore drug lord; just a "mama's boy" who never would hurt a woman, says his stepfather, Karey Freeman, of Tallahassee. ...more

December 6, 2009

Prosecutors and defense attorneys are trying to pick a jury in the trial of a 24-year-old man charged with killing Rachel Hoffman in a Tallahassee drug sting gone wrong. ...more

December 1, 2009

About 100 jurors headed into a Tallahassee courtroom Monday, but by the close of day only 34 of them had made the first cut in the high-profile murder trial of Deneilo Bradshaw, 24. ...more

December 1, 2009

Jury selection begins today in the trial of Deneilo Bradshaw, one of two men accused in the slaying of 23-year-old Rachel Hoffman during a botched drug sting in May 2008. ...more

November 30, 2009