Hallowell Found Guilty of Murder
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Project1:Layout 1 6/10/2014 1:13 PM Page 1 Wimbledon: Djokovic reaches another grand slam final /B1 SATURDAY TODAY C I T R U S C O U N T Y & next morning HIGH 91 Partly sunny, LOW scattered storms. 75 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com JULY 10, 2021 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community $1 VOL. 126 ISSUE 276 Hallowell found guilty of murder Faces life for adoptive mother’s premeditated killing BUSTER THOMPSON afternoon, July 9, a jury of six In closing statements, Assistant Staff writer found 19-year-old Hallowell guilty State Attorney Blake Shore de- of premeditated murder, ending a scribed to jurors the actions Hal- After Carlos Hallowell would three-day-long trial. Delibera- lowell took for around 26 minutes argue with Denise Hallowell, he’d tions toward a verdict lasted before the murder happened, chop wood outside and picture roughly an hour and 25 minutes. which included getting the the words of his adoptive mother Circuit Court Judge Richard weapon from a locked shed out- below his swinging axe. “Ric” Howard scheduled Sept. side and sharpening it while On July 13, 2019, when he was 9-10 for Hallowell’s sentencing. “stewing” with anger over his in- 17 years old, Hallowell’s imagina- Hallowell faces a prison term of tent to harm Denise Hallowell. tion crept into reality. up to life. He isn’t eligible for death “Each of those steps was a Enraged by a recent dispute row because he was a minor when chance for him to turn back ... but over his schooling, Hallowell took he committed the capital felony. each of those steps is also going to an axe to the back of Denise Hal- As a bailiff escorted him out of show you his determination ... to lowell’s skull, killing the 57-year- the courtroom after his conviction carry out his plan to kill his BUSTER THOMPSON/Chronicle old while she was napping in was announced, Hallowell, mother,” the prosecutor said, Carlos Hallowell, 19, looks at jurors the afternoon of Friday, July 9, their Inverness-area home. dressed in a suit, brought his “and his plan came to fruition.” after being found guilty of the July 13, 2019, premeditated murder Roughly a year later, on Friday cuffed hands together in a prayer. See GUILTY/Page A5 of his adoptive mother, 57-year-old Denise Hallowell. State defaults D.A.B. on Pasco project MIKE WRIGHT Staff writer State transportation officials say an Inglis road builder defaulted on a contract for an interstate inter- change project in Pasco County. D.A.B. Constructors Inc., which also has the Citrus County neighbor- hood road-resurfacing contract, de- faulted on a Florida Department of Transportation contract for missing deadlines and construction mile- stones for an Interstate 75 project at State Road 56 in Wesley Chapel, an FDOT spokeswoman said. FDOT officials said the project was behind schedule and raised those concerns to D.A.B. in Novem- ber 2020. The result was the state Special to the Chronicle setting a series of deadlines for the William Brockway, left, and Wesley Brockway, second from left, stand next to Emiliano Zapata’s men during the Mexican company to meet; on June 25, D.A.B. Revolution in Aquacalentes, Mexico, circa 1910-20. The photograph was taken by Hugo Brehme, a German photographer. notified the state it was demobilizing from the project, FDOT spokes- woman Kristin Carson said. Citrus local investigates family’s genealogy FDOT has raised similar concerns about work delays for D.A.B. HANNAH The Brockways and road-widening projects on U.S. 19. SACHEWICZ the Mexican Revolution The state is considering liquidated Staff writer damages for D.A.B. for the Homo- According to Wes, his father and un- sassa project that is more than a It can be difficult to tell if those fam- cles were jokesters. year past due, and set milestones for ily legends told at Christmas dinner “One of them would start a story D.A.B. to ensure the widening be- are fact or fiction. Wesley “Wes” that was a complete fabrication and tween Jump Court in Homosassa Brockway was curious enough to find they’d all build onto it like they were and Fort Island Trail in Crystal out for himself. there,” Wes said. River finishes on time. Wes was born in Bronx, New York, They told stories about the Brock- Updates on those projects from on Feb. 24, 1943. He retired in 2000 way family’s involvement with Pancho state officials were unavailable and currently lives in Citrus County. Villa, a revolutionary general in the Friday. Wes’s interest in his family’s geneal- Mexican Revolution. It was said that D.A.B. also has a $3.4 million con- ogy sparked in 1992. At the time, he Wes’s grandfather was indentured to tract to resurface Citrus County knew his father was born in Cuba and him as a train conductor. neighborhood roads. The company that the family had moved there from It turned out there were family pho- tos to prove it. The first photo depicts Special to the Chronicle in May sought a delay due to a short- Mexico, but not much else. Wesley Brockway’s record of employment He began to start a serious search in Wes’s grandfather, Wesley Brockway, age in labor and materials. The by the Mexican Central Railroad. county commission agreed to extend 1996 when his daughter sent him a and great-grandfather, William Brock- the contract deadline to September; copy of ancestry.com. Wes said she way, standing alongside four Mexican men belonged to Emiliano Zapata, not as of Friday, D.A.B. had completed told him, “You’ve been talking about revolutionaries and a train. “This was Pancho Villa. “You can tell by the 43% of the work and is on pace to fin- this for a long time. Now do some- the proof,” Wes said. weapons and the uniform,” Wes said. ish by the new deadline, Public thing!” So he did. However, Wes discovered that the See LEGACY/Page A5 Works Director Randall Olney said. ‘Heartbreaking’: Death toll in condo collapse now 78 Rubble and debris of the Champlain Rescue workers continue searching Towers South BOBBY CAINA CALVAN closure to the families of victims who condo can be Associated Press have spent an agonizing two weeks seen in Surfside, waiting for news. Tuesday. The SURFSIDE — The death toll in the “This is a staggering and heart- rubble shown here collapse of a Miami-area condo build- breaking number that affects all of is from the front ing rose to 78 on Friday, a number the us very deeply,” Levine Cava said of portion of the mayor called “heartbreaking” as re- the latest death toll. condo towers, covery workers toiled for a 16th day to “All those who have passed — all which was find victims in the rubble. Another 78 — are leaving behind loved ones. demolished 62 people remain unaccounted for. They’re leaving behind devastated 11 days after the Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella families. The magnitude of this trag- back part of the Levine Cava said the work to recover edy is growing each and every day,” tower collapsed victims was “moving forward with she said. with people inside. great urgency” in order to bring See TOLL/Page A5 Associated Press Classifieds . .B7 Crossword . .B10 INDEX Lottery Numbers . .B3 Obituaries . 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