SANFORD, Fla. — A Seminole County jury on Friday, Nov. 6, convicted two teenagers of first-degree felony murder and attempted robbery with a firearm in the July 2024 killing of an Orlando man lured to Sanford to sell headphones.
William O. Smith, 19, and Dra’shawn D. Williams, 17, were found guilty after a five-day trial.
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Brandon Leo, 22, had listed used Beats wireless headphones on OfferUp and arranged to deliver them. When he arrived at a vacant home, Smith and Williams approached to rob him at gunpoint.
As Leo tried to escape by backing up his Toyota pickup, shots were fired at the truck. It crashed into a nearby retention pond, where he was found dead from gunshot wounds. Sanford police recovered seven shell casings and the headphones outside the home.
Assistant State Attorneys Richard Babcock, Jacob Polk and Cody Vincitore presented neighborhood security video of the shooting, along with evidence from Leo’s and the defendants’ cellphones and online accounts linking Smith and Williams to the crime.
Smith was 17 and Williams was 15 at the time of the shooting. Both were charged as adults.
They face life in prison, with a possible sentence review after 25 years because they were juveniles at the time of the offense. Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 13.
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