An Alachua County judge sentenced Arealeus K. Morris to 60 years as a prison release reoffender yesterday, June 22nd, for a murder from May 25th, 2020.

State Attorney Chief of Investigations, Darry Lloyd, says Morris "violently attacked and robbed the victim, John Katon in the Pine Ridge Neighborhood in NW Gainesville."

Through a Gainesville Police Department investigation, Lloyd says Morris was accused of second degree murder, robbery with a firearm and aggravated battery on a person 65 years of age or older.

Throughout the three day trial, Lloyd says an Alachua County jury found Morris guilty of manslaughter, robbery with a weapon, aggravated battery on a person 65 years of age or older.