Grand Jury Indicts Third Suspect in 2025 Sanford Gang Murder Case

Jamarlon Lee Green is now the third man charged with first-degree premeditated murder for the killing of 22-year-old La-Don Ja Quan Williams, shot near West 14th Street and Mangoustine Avenue in Sanford because, prosecutors allege, a gang ordered the hit as retribution after Williams' older brother had testified against a gang leader in a separate murder case. A Seminole County grand jury returned the indictment against Green in March 2026, with the Sanford Police Department making the charge public on March 24.

Williams was 22 when he was shot at that intersection on November 1, 2025. He was transported to a hospital where he died of his wounds. The investigation that followed spanned nearly five months before a grand jury named a third defendant.

"Gang-directed retribution" is how the Seminole County State Attorney's office characterized the motive. In plain terms: prosecutors allege a criminal gang marked Williams for death not for anything he had done himself, but because his older brother had taken the witness stand against a gang leader facing a separate murder charge. The November 1 killing, authorities say, was designed to punish that testimony and warn others in the community against cooperating with law enforcement.

Green's indictment joins co-defendants Moses Mitchell and Damarious Ditrell Cofield, both of whom were already in custody when the grand jury acted. Cofield faces the most severe legal exposure of the three: the Seminole County State Attorney filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty against him, citing aggravating factors including that the killing was "committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner" and was allegedly carried out by a criminal gang member to disrupt or intimidate cooperation with law enforcement. All three defendants are now charged with first-degree premeditated murder, a capital-eligible charge in Florida.

Adding a third defendant matters for the prosecution beyond putting another name on the indictment. It broadens the evidentiary record, creates additional leverage for potential cooperation agreements, and reinforces prosecutors' argument that Williams' death was an organized, deliberate act requiring Florida's most serious charging posture.

The Sanford Police Department is asking anyone with information about Jamarlon Lee Green or the circumstances of the November 1 shooting to come forward. Tips can be submitted anonymously to CrimeLine at 1-800-423-TIPS; information that contributes to a homicide arrest qualifies for a reward of up to $5,000. Investigators have stressed that the case remains active and that even minor details could prove critical to securing convictions.

The witness-intimidation allegation at the center of this prosecution is a reminder that gang violence in Sanford's residential corridors can reverberate into courtrooms across the county. For a case built on the premise that testifying against a gang leader got a 22-year-old killed near West 14th Street, every piece of information the public provides carries weight that reaches well past the three defendants already named.