ORLANDO (AP) — Officials with Florida's Department of Agriculture say 103 skimmer devices that are used for identity theft have been discovered at more than 7,500 gas stations it inspected.

The agency announced its findings Tuesday. The report comes after three months of investigation by inspectors who visited 7,571 stations in a statewide sweep.

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It was part of an initiative with the Florida Petroleum Council and Florida Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association to educate the industry about ways to protect consumers from skimmers.

At least one skimmer was found in 29 Florida counties. Miami-Dade had the most with 16, followed by Palm Beach with 11 and Broward with nine. Six skimmers apiece were discovered in Brevard, Hillsborough and Orange counties.

PANAMA CITY — A Panama City Beach man accused of several sex crimes has been sentenced to three years in prison for arranging to meet a minor for a sexual encounter, according to court records.

Jakobi Holmes, 36, pleaded no contest Monday to contributing to the delinquency of a minor, using a computer to solicit a sex act from a child and traveling to meet a minor for sexual activity. The charges originate from a 2013 Panama City Beach Police Department investigation. Holmes was sentenced to three years in prison and deemed a sex offender by Circuit Court Judge Elijah Smiley, court records indicated.

PCBPD began investigating Holmes in December 2013 after the mother of a 14-year-old victim came forward with suspicions that Holmes had been in contact with her child. She said Holmes had been exchanging sexually explicit messages with the juvenile via text messages and social media, and PCBPD arranged a sting operation, according to police reports.

An investigator assumed the child’s identity and communicated with Holmes, who offered to perform sex acts on the child, police said. Holmes was arrested when he attempted to meet the child at a local business for the purpose of having sex. He then made incriminating statements during an interview with investigators, according to police.

WEST PALM BEACH (AP) — An attorney for a Florida woman who sought to make a constitutional case out of her fight to prevent her son from being circumcised withdrew his federal lawsuit Wednesday, signaling a likely end to move the fight out of state court.

Thomas Hunker voluntarily dismissed the civil rights filing two days after the case got its first hearing in federal court before a judge who openly expressed skepticism over whether he had jurisdiction to proceed.

Hunker offered no immediate explanation for apparently abandoning the federal fight over stopping the surgery on the 4-year-old boy. A phone call, text and email to him were not returned. A spokesman said he had no details.

“I guess they felt the handwriting was on the wall,” said Ira Marcus, an attorney for Dennis Nebus, the boy's father, who has fought to have the procedure performed.

The dismissal brings no immediate resolution for the boy's mother, Heather Hironimus, who has been jailed since her arrest Thursday, nearly three months after she fled with her son to evade the surgery. She went into hiding at a domestic violence shelter, ignoring a state judge's warning that she risked imprisonment for defying his orders to appear in court and to allow the circumcision to proceed.

Hironimus and Nebus have been warring since her pregnancy. They were never married but share custody of their child. In a parenting agreement filed in court, the two initially agreed to the boy's circumcision. The mother later changed her mind, giving way to the long legal battle. Circuit and appellate judges have sided with the father, but potential surgeons have backed out of doing the procedure after failing to get the mother's consent and becoming the target of protesters.

The federal case, contending the boy's civil rights were being infringed upon, was filed while Hironimus was missing and her legal options evaporating.

The boy is in Nebus’ custody while Hironimus remains behind bars. Marcus said his client was “ecstatic” over the federal dismissal but couldn't comment on when the circumcision might be scheduled.

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Florida's top law enforcement agency is reporting an overall drop in crime in 2014, though there was a slight increase in the number of rapes and murders.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement report released Thursday showed that all crime dropped by 3.6 percent, mostly due to a 6.9 percent drop in robberies and a 12.8 percent drop in burglaries.

The number of murders rose from 971 in 2013 to 981 last year, and there were 10,236 forcible sex offenses, an increase of 375 over 2013. The number of aggravated assaults also increased by 1 percent.

The department reported the number of crimes per 100,000 residents dropped by 4.9 percent and was Florida's lowest level in 44 years.

There were 865,392 arrests made last year, down 5.1 percent from 2013.

PANAMA CITY — Charges are pending against the driver of a dump truck after an early morning crash sent two people to the hospital in serious condition, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.

Cyle S. Potter, 56, was driving a 1999 Sterling Dump Truck east on McKenzie Road at about 6 a.m. Wednesday. At the same time, Felton K. Bland, 26, and Heather M. Williams, 26, both of Panama City, were traveling southbound on State Road 77 in a 2014 Niss Versa, FHP reported.

FHP reported Potter attempted to make a left turn onto State 77 from McKenzie Road, incidentally pulling into the path Bland and Williams. The front of the Versa careened into the left side of dump truck, officers said.

Southbound lanes of State 77 were closed until about 7:45 a.m. as Bland and Williams were rushed to a local hospital in serious condition, FHP reported.

Potter, of Ebro, has not been charged in connection with the crash and FHP reported he had no injuries. FHP reported charges are pending as the investigation proceeds.

PANAMA CITY — A local man has been charged with 18 counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, according to Panama City Police Department arrest reports.

David Lee Turner, 45, was arrested Tuesday at about 7:30 a.m. while he was fishing near the 600 block of U.S. Business Hwy. 98, police reported.

Officers charged Turner with 18 counts of felon in possession of a firearm or ammunition, counting the 9-mm handgun he was carrying and each of the 17 rounds of ammo in the clip, police reported. Turner told the officers he always brought the gun with him when he went fishing, police said.

The charge is the first for Turner in Bay County, according to court records. But PCPD reported Turner had been convicted of a second-degree felony in 1992 in Erie County, New York. He also was charged with not having a valid driver’s license.

SPRINGFIELD — Tasers had little effect on a man officers were attempting to detain following a domestic altercation, according to Springfield Police Department (SPD) reports.

Eric James Jessie, 25, was arrested Tuesday at about 6:45 p.m. on several charges, including resisting officers with violence and child neglect after police responded to a domestic altercation on Huntington Drive, SPD reported.

Police reported they were called to a report about an unwanted guest at the address. A female resident and her father told officers Jessie became violent, shoving both of them while involved in an altercation, police said. When the officers arrived and attempted to subdue Jessie, he said “you’re not (expletive) taking me anywhere” before he kicked officers in their knees, abdominal areas and even kicked one officer on both sides of his face, police reported.

One of the arresting officers deployed his stun gun, which had little effect, police said.

SPD reported Jessie appeared intoxicated and brawled with the residents and law enforcement as two onlooking children cried and watched his actions. Jessie eventually was arrested and charged with child neglect, two counts of domestic violence battery, two counts of battery on a law officer and resisting an officer with violence.

Jessie previously was charged in 2010 with battery on a pregnant woman. That charge was dropped by prosecutors.

LYNN HAVEN — The Bay County Sheriff’s Office took time Wednesday to honor the fallen officers among their ranks and award the men and women still serving under the badge.

The honors and awards came during BCSO’s annual Law Enforcement Memorial and Awards Ceremony Wednesday morning. Sheriff Frank McKeithen called out names of the nine law enforcement officers who have fallen in the line of duty in Bay County, and a wreath was placed and the flag flown at half-mast in honor of their sacrifice. Dr. Ed Naggiar, a retired Navy Seal and BCSO resilience instructor, was the special speaker.

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Following the memorial, McKeithen gave out awards to honor exemplary performance:

• Bay County Sheriff’s Office Deputy of the Year went to two deputies. Deputy Jacob McGowin and Deputy Justin Johnson were awarded the honor in a rare tie.
• BCSO Detention Officer of the Year was Cpl.Richard Flowers.
• BCSO Communications Specialist of the Year was Ms. Terre Hall.
• BCSO Volunteer of the Year was Mr. Jim Balch.
• BCSO Jail Volunteer of the Year was Mr. Charles Wychunas.
• BCSO Jail Employee of the Year was Detention Specialist Kendar M. Sims and BCSO Employee of the Year  was Mr. Johnny Collins.
• The BCSO Jail Facility Ambassador of the Year was Sgt. Edward A. Wellman and BCSO Ambassador of the Year was Sgt. Marc Tochterman.

PANAMA CITY — A local woman has been arrested and charged after her apartment was set ablaze while her boyfriend slept within, according to Panama City Police Department reports.

Vanessa Diane Arnold, 56, was arrested on arson charges Tuesday morning after police arrived at the Shady Haven Motel, 1342 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., to see smoke plumes rising from the building. Fire crews extinguished the fire in Apartment 10 moments later as officers detained Arnold for questioning, PCPD reported.

According to police, Arnold was staying in the room with her boyfriend, 56-year-old Terry Sly, the night of the incident. The two had an off-again, on-again relationship, Sly told officers, and had been arguing earlier in the night about Arnold losing her job, police reported.

Attempts to contact Arnold and Sly were unsuccessful Wednesday.

However, he told PCPD the argument went on for a few minutes and he went to sleep afterward on the bed. He was awakened a short time later by Arnold hitting him and yelling at him to look at what she did, police reported. The couch and curtains were on fire with both of them inside the room, according to police.

An adjacent neighbor helped remove burning items from the room as fire crews were en route. The fire was extinguished a short time later. Police did not report any injuries to Arnold or Sly.

Arnold was arrested and charged with arson of an occupied dwelling and misdemeanor domestic violence battery, according to police. She also was charged with arson resulting in an injury to another because the neighbor sustained burns to his foot while helping to remove the inflamed items, police reported.

PANAMA CITY — Firefighters quickly controlled an early-morning fire in a room at a local hotel, the Panama City Fire Department reported.

Fire crews responded to a report of a fire at The Relax Inn, 900 Harrison Avenue, at 5:51 a.m. on Thursday and had it under control at 6:07 a.m., according to a PCFD report. The fire was confined to Room 204 and the occupant escaped, PCFD said. The occupant was assessed by fire personnel and EMS, but refused medical treatment, according to the report.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation, PCFD reported. Anyone with information on the fire is asked to call PCFD Investigator Lt. Robert Goree at (850) 872-3167.

PANAMA CITY — A local “unsung hero” has been honored for her service in helping incarcerated people.

Kimberly Stavenau, a Panama City resident and senior chaplain at Gulf Correctional Institution (GCI), was honored with the “Secretary’s Award” on May 13 at the Department of Corrections Annual Awards Ceremony.

Stavenau, employed within the Chaplaincy Department at GCI for nearly 20 years, was recognized by Department of Corrections Secretary Julie Jones during the ceremony at Wakulla Correctional Institution. The Secretary’s Award is personally chosen by Jones to give “special recognition to an ‘unsung’ hero whose performance is outstanding, yet who maintains a low profile within the department.”

Jones said Stavenau “exemplifies professionalism in every aspect of her duties,” which include coordinating volunteers from surrounding community to “preach, teach and mentor” inmates.

The GCI Chaplaincy Department exceeds 20,000 volunteer hours at times, the DOC noted.

PANAMA CITY BEACH — Deputies arrested a man who allegedly fled a traffic stop while carrying two ounces of methamphetamine, according to a Bay County Sheriff’s Office news release.

The BCSO Special Investigations Division attempted a traffic stop on North Lagoon Drive Thursday on a vehicle driven by William Francis Coleman. But instead of stopping, Coleman continued driving on North Lagoon and turned into a parking lot where he was blocked in by another vehicle and forced to stop, BCSO reported.

Coleman was charged with fleeing and attempting to elude law enforcement. Officers said they found more than two ounces of Ice crystal methamphetamine, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia inside the vehicle.

Coleman also was charged with trafficking in marijuana, possession of marijuana less than 20 grams and possession of drug paraphernalia.

DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Barry Davis’ defense team is counting on his abnormal brain to keep him out of a cell on Florida’s death row.

Expert witnesses in the fields of clinical psychology and neuropathology testified Thursday that head injuries Davis suffered at an early age had caused traumatic brain injuries. Those injuries could well have turned him aggressive and affected his judgment and impulse control.

Coupled with growing up mostly unloved on the mean streets of Los Angeles, anxiety and depression brought on by a failing relationship and injuries Davis suffered playing football, boxing and in ATV accidents created a deeply disturbed individual, doctors Julie Harper and Joseph Wu told jurors.

The testimony, solicited by attorney Michelle Hendrix, came on the second day of the death penalty phase of Davis’ trial. He was convicted Monday of killing South Walton County resident John Gregory Hughes and his girlfriend, Hiedi Ann Rhodes of Panama City Beach.

Brain injuries to a young person are potentially more harmful later in life because the brain still is developing, Wu told jurors. A PET scan of Davis’ brain indicated an abnormal frontal lobe area, he testified.

“The frontal lobe is most susceptible to brain injuries that impact judgment and impulse control,” he said. “A damaged frontal lobe is like driving a car when the brakes aren’t working.”

Outside factors such as the environment one grows up in can exacerbate problems stemming from the brain injuries, Wu told the jury.

“I think Mr. Davis has several factors present,” he testified.

On cross-examination, prosecutor Bobby Elmore confirmed that Wu was well briefed in the grisly details of the murders of Hughes and Rhodes, including the beatings they suffered, the effort to make sure they were dead by placing their heads in a bathtub and the dismembering and burning of their bodies.

“Do you believe these deaths were the results of an impulse action?” Elmore asked.

Wu mostly shied from answering what he termed Elmore’s “philosophical” questions. But when asked if a person with traumatic brain injury can understand that it’s wrong to murder, he answered, “there’s a different type of knowing.”

“You can know murder is wrong but have the inability to regulate certain impulses,” Wu said.

Today is expected to be the last day of testimony in the second phase of what has been a four-week trial. The jury then will be asked to return with a recommendation to have Davis either sentenced to death or to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Walton County Circuit Judge Kelvin Wells will impose the sentence, but by law he must give great weight to the jury’s recommendation.

LYNN HAVEN — Two Mowat Middle School students were arrested for trading threats on social media, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office announced.

A school administrator became aware of the threatening messages Thursday and contacted the school resource deputy. BCSO began an investigation and made contact with the students involved, BCSO reported.

BCSO did not identify the students, both 14.

The investigation revealed a chat between several students, which took place Wednesday on a social media site. During the chat, one of the male students sent a threatening message to another male student. The second male student responded by threatening to bring a gun to school on Thursday and kill multiple individuals.

Contact was made with the parents of both suspects and it was determined neither student had access to firearms.

Both students who sent threatening messages were arrested Thursday. Both were charged with written threats to kill or do bodily harm. Both were taken to DJJ.

PANAMA CITY BEACH — Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officers are gearing up for their busiest boating holiday.

Memorial Day weekend is one of the Panhandle’s biggest tourist holidays and the first chance of the year for many boaters to test their new toys. With the influx of people — many of them inexperienced or uneducated boaters — the chances for a boating accident or boating while intoxicated increase, FWC officials said.

“It’s the opener for boating season,” said officer Nick Price. “We’ll see a lot of people breaking down because that is when they test their boat.”

Officers will be alerting boaters this week, which is National Safe Boating Week, and during the Memorial Day holiday, officers will be out in force. Their main priority is boater safety and will be checking for proper safety equipment and people displaying reckless behaviors, like allowing people to sit at the bow of the boat.

“Every year at least one person falls off the boat, gets run over and spit out by the propellers,” Price said. “If they survive, they’re usually badly deformed for the rest of their life.”

Price said FWC officers will be working long shifts due to limited resources. Officers also will be on the look-out for intoxicated boaters and administering sobriety tests on the water. Alcoholic beverages are allowed on boats, but the operator cannot have a blood alcohol content of more than 0.08 percent.

Although Florida’s boating season never really ends, the traditional start is marked by National Safe Boating Week, from May 16-22. The week is a time for boaters to focus on simple, effective steps that make boating safer. These include paying close attention while operating a vessel and wearing a life jacket on the water.

According to the recently released FWC 2014 Boating Accident Statistical Report, 634 boating accidents were recorded in Florida last year, resulting in 73 fatalities.

“Many of these accidents could have been prevented if the boat operators had paid attention to everything going on around their vessel, maintained a proper lookout and if everyone had been wearing a life jacket,” said Capt. Tom Shipp.

In many cases, life jackets were available but not utilized. This was true during two recent boating accidents where both adults and children ended up in the water.

Shipp said one victim once told him, “I thought my son would have to watch me die.”.

Fortunately, FWC officers arrived on scene and were able to rescue the individuals. The father said he would never go boating again without wearing a life jacket, Shipp recalled. The second incident, as with so many others, did not turn out as well.

“We live in a great boating state,” Shipp said. “And we believe that safety truly is the key to enjoyment.”

Although boater licenses are not required by state law, FWC officers will be checking to make sure operators born after 1988 have required boater safety cards.

PANAMA CITY — A Parker man has been sentenced to three years in prison after a drug-induced incident left his 5-month-old child with a broken arm and fractured ribs, according to court records.

Eric Dewayne Smitherman, 26, pleaded no contest Thursday to one count of child abuse in exchange for three years in prison. The arrests of Smitherman and the child’s mother, 38-year-old Molly Elizabeth Bush, stemmed from a January incident when they took their 5-month-old to a local hospital with a “spiral fracture to the child’s left arm,” Parker Police reported.

Bush was sentenced to five years probation in April for child neglect and contributing to the dependency of a minor, court records indicated.

Calls to both Bush and Smitherman went directly to voicemail Thursday. Requests for comment were not returned.

Smitherman also was facing a second charge of child abuse for allegedly kicking his 6-year-old stepson in the stomach three times, police reported, but prosecutor dropped that charge. Smitherman was the caregiver of the children whenever Bush was away from their residence at 4535 E. Business 98.

The couple was living there during the January incident, when Smitherman began shaking his 5-month-old to stop the child from crying. During the incident, the baby suffered a spiral fracture to the left arm and also sustained broken ribs, according to arrest reports.

Police said that as Smitherman shook the infant, Bush — the mother of the child — did not attempt to stop the abuse. Bush also did not contact law enforcement before taking the child to the hospital, Parker Police said.

Police claimed Smitherman was under the influence of narcotics at the time and initially arrested him on charges of child abuse and aggravated child abuse. Bush told police that Smitherman had been violent with her other children in the past, but those incidents also went unreported on her part.

On one documented occasion in January 2014, Smitherman was arrested on charges of battery on Bush while she was pregnant with the child. He also was charged with depriving a victim of communication with law enforcement when Bush attempted to call police during the incident. Dispatchers at the Panama City Police Department could hear a brief moment of the altercation before Smitherman snatched the phone from her against her will and hung up, according to court records.

Before then, in 2010, he was found guilty of a separate case of felony battery.

Officials were unavailable Thursday to comment on the status of the children.

PANAMA CITY — Two women and a Bay County Sheriff’s Office deputy were injured when they were attacked by a pit bull that was later euthanized on Thursday, according to a police incident report.

One woman suffered multiple wounds to her neck, including a fracture larynx, but doctors said the injuries were not life-threatening, according to the BCSO. A second woman and the deputy suffered minor injuries in the attack, police reported.

The dog, Kain, who had bitten another person a year ago, according to the owner and the Department of Health, was set to be euthanized due to its aggressive and dangerous behavior, BCSO reported. The dog’s owner, Cecilia Hagan, 41, was cited for allowing Kain to be unattended off a chain, according to police.

BCSO Deputy Chris Faircloth responded to a report of a dog bite at 7019A Camelia Avenue in Panama City at 5:24 p.m. on Thursday. He exited his patrol car and was immediately attacked by Kain, who Faircloth said weighed approximately 60 pounds. Faircloth received bites on his legs before he could retrieve his chemical spray, BCSO reported. Faircloth sprayed Kain in the eyes for one second and the animal briefly retreated before attacking again, according to the report.

Faircloth sprayed Kain a second time and the dog retreated to the front door of the residence, BCSO said. Faircloth then located Benaine Quinn, 55, of Panama City in a Toyota Rav 4 and he administered aid on several injuries after she was bitten in the neck, BCSO reported.

She was transported to Bay Medical Center Sacred Heart and underwent surgery for multiple neck lacerations, a fracture larynx and bites to her right leg, right thigh and right buttocks, BCSO reported. Doctors said her injuries were not life-threatening, according to the report.

Benaine Quinn’s daughter, Cynthia Quinn, 29, also suffered a bite on her right hand and bruises on her legs from the attack, BCSO reported. Cynthia Quinn said Kain attacked them in the front yard after Benaine Quinn was dropping her daughter off at the residence, according to police.

Hagan said Kain had bitten someone in the past, BCSO reported. Hagan said she gained possession of Kain a few weeks ago from a friend, but refused to identify the person, BCSO said.

A Bay County Animal Control officer confirmed the previous bite report with the Health Department, but the dog was not deemed dangerous at the time, BCSO said. The Animal Control officer obtained permission from Hagan to have Kain euthanized as early as Friday morning. The dog was euthanized late Thursday, according to Animal Control.

Faircloth photographed Cynthia Quinn’s injuries and also took photos of Kain as evidence in the case, BCSO said. He checked himself into the emergency room and was released shortly after treatment of his injuries, according to the report.

WEST BAY — Based on the results of a recent speed study, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will increase the speed limit on State 388 from State 79 to State 77. The stretch of highway runs by the entrance to the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport.

Sign crews will erect new speed limit signs at 9 a.m. Wednesday, increasing the speed limit from 45 mph to 50 mph and from 55 mph to 60 mph.

All activities are weather dependent and may be delayed or rescheduled in the event of inclement weather. Drivers are reminded to pay attention to the speed limit when traveling.

PARKER — The Parker Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying two men suspected of burglary.

The burglary occurred at 4:50 p.m. on Wednesday at the Parker Sports Complex and both suspects were caught on security video, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call PPD at (850) 781-4100 or CrimeStoppers at (850) 785-TIPS.

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PANAMA CITY — The accused gunman in a nightclub slaying will continue toward trial despite mounting witness testimonies that he admitted to shooting a 19-year-old while fleeing the scene, according to court records.

The most recent testimony in the prosecution’s case against 25-year-old Khiry Ross was from another passenger of the car in which he fled after the shooting death of 19-year-old Jshun Smith outside a former Panama City nightclub, according to police and court records. Police said the shooting transpired over a mutual female interest between the two men.

Ross now faces charges several charges related to the shooting, including second-degree murder as his jury trial approaches in July.

Calvin Jackson, 28, was among two other people in the car that sped Ross away from the scene after bystanders cowered from the gunshots and Smith lay dead in the road June 9, 2014, near KJ’s Nightclub, 908 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Jackson said he, Ross and 26-year-old Marcus Mathis had been riding, drinking and popping prescription Xanax pills all day before deciding to go to the club that night. In preparation of a confrontation, Ross picked up his 9 mm handgun, Jackson said.

“He was like, ‘Man, anything going on tonight? Well, you know I got my protection or whatever, whatever,’ ” Jackson quotes Ross as saying, according to court documents.

Smith was shot in the head at about 3:20 a.m. outside of KJ’s while hanging out in the passenger side of an SUV being driven by Tavish Green, whose body was found several weeks later decomposing in the trunk of a car. PCPD arrived to find Smith in the road as Green fled the scene, according to police reports.

Jackson grew up with Green and did not know him or Smith to have any beef with Ross. A previous police interview with the girl of mutual interest indicated an argument began inside the club and spilled outside to the parking lot. The shooting erupted in the heat of the moment, she said.

Jackson was also in an argument over a girl when gunfire broke out in the parking lot and he turned to see Ross firing upon the SUV, he told investigators. As the crowd scattered in fear, Ross, Mathis, himself and another woman fled in Mathis’ car.

“Khiry was like, ‘Man, I hit them, man,’ ” Jackson said. “ ‘I think I killed them. I think I killed them.’ ”

Ross has told investigators he fired shots in the air before the gunfire broke out from both sides. Jackson also claimed that, despite being inebriated from the alcohol and pills, he heard more than one pistol roaring in the affray. And the other gunfire wasn’t coming from their side, he said.

Authorities have not released any information to support the claim.

According to multiple witness accounts, Ross expressed a plan to pursue a self-defense case before throwing the pistol in a Callaway pond. The gun was never recovered.

Jackson was not charged in connection with the shooting, and the prosecution abandoned the accessory to murder charges against Mathis. Ross remains in custody and charged with second-degree murder with a firearm, felon in possession of a firearm and discharging a firearm in public.

A trial date has been set for July 6.