P R E S S R E L E A S E
July 25, 2016
State of Florida v. Kenneth Jerome Kirkland, II
DOB: 10/25/1991
Case #: 2015-304353 CFDB / 2015-304354 CFDB
DBPD Case # 150016273 / 150016276
Date of Offenses: 08/17/2015
Kirkland Convicted on Carjacking, Grand Theft, Robbery Charges, Gets Life
DAYTONA – It took a Volusia County jury comprised of 3 men and 3 women just two hours to convict a 24-year-old Daytona man of three felony charges on May 25, 2016. Kenneth Jerome Kirkland, II, was convicted on charges of Carjacking with a Firearm, Grand Theft, and Principal to Robbery with a Firearm. Kirkland was sentenced late Friday, July 22, 2016 to life imprisonment.
At approximately midnight on August 17, 2015, Kirkland carjacked Victim Brittney Johnson at gunpoint, stealing her Mazda sedan from her home as she unloaded her belongings. Kirkland along with co-defendant Keandre Ponder, whose case is still pending, left the scene of that carjacking and committed an armed robbery less than an hour later at a location only a few blocks from the original scene. A short distance from Johnson’s home, Kirkland and Ponder robbed Roosevelt Cochran at gunpoint, stealing his wallet. Both Victims advised that the defendants were driving a maroon Buick sedan.
Kirkland’s prior criminal history includes 6 prior felony convictions, including possessing a firearm by a felon, two grand thefts, burglary, and robbery – his most recent conviction for which he had been on probation. Kirkland was sentenced to 15 years in a state prison facility for violating his robbery probation by committing these new-law offenses.
Assistant State Attorney Michael Willard, of the Career Criminal Unit prosecuted the case. Circuit Judge Leah R. Case presided over the case pronounced sentence.
Please find attached copies of the 707s and Information.
For more information contact:
Spencer S. Hathaway
Public Information Officer / Assistant State Attorney
Office of R.J. Larizza
State Attorney, Seventh Judicial Circuit
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