Pensacola man sentenced to 15-year-prison term for attempted murder

An Escambia Circuit Judge sentenced a 20-year-old Pensacola man to 15 years in prison after the man pleaded no contest on Nov. 22 to five felonies,...

November 29, 2022
2:34 AM

An Escambia Circuit Judge sentenced a 20-year-old Pensacola man to 15 years in prison after the man pleaded no contest on Nov. 22 to five felonies, one of which included attempted murder. Judge Coleman Robinson sentenced Ernest Lamar Finklea to the 15 years in Florida's Department of Corrections for pleading to attempted second degree murder, robbery with a deadly weapon, grand theft auto, grand theft of a firearm and criminal mischief. In case you missed it: Man shot during fight at Pensacola shopping plaza; car crashes on way to hospital "On May 22, 2021, while at the victim's residence, (Finklea) punched and stabbed the victim several times and told the victim, 'I will kill you,'" a press release from the State Attorney's Office stated.

Benjamin Johnson