Overview
- Chief Judge Christopher Sabella ruled Thursday that 22-year-old Silas Kenneth Sampson will remain jailed without bond pending trial on vehicular homicide charges.
- Prosecutors say Sampson faces multiple felonies, including four counts of vehicular homicide, after the Florida Highway Patrol added six counts for fleeing to elude and reckless driving on Wednesday.
- Court filings state troopers attempted a PIT maneuver, then disengaged about 10 seconds before the car struck a Jeep, jumped the curb, and hit people outside Bradley’s on 7th.
- Investigators report speeds of 92 to 100 mph; they allege Sampson smelled of alcohol, refused a voluntary blood sample, and was subject to a search‑warrant blood draw after custody statements acknowledging a “mistake.”
- Four victims were identified as Christina Richards, Lisa Johnson, Sherman Jones, and Marlon Collins, with more than a dozen others injured and one person still in critical condition as of Thursday; police report no indication of a targeted attack.