Woman Sentenced to Life in Prison for 2022 Murder of Detention Deputy

CITRUS COUNTY – The Citrus County Sheriff's Office has announced the conviction of a woman who shot and killed her ex-boyfriend, a Marion County Detention Deputy.

On August 19, 2022, deputies responded to a residence on Pine Ridge Estates due to reports of a suicide. Prior to their arrival deputies were advised 31-year-old Cory Schweitzer had an apparent gunshot wound and was not breathing. Once first responders arrived at the residence, they pronounced the victim to be deceased.

Preliminary information at the scene led CCSO Major Crimes Sergeant Thomas Dowling and Detective Roscoe Watts to believe this was not a suicide. As evidence was collected and analyzed, CCSO Crime Scene Specialist Victoria Gerneth discovered several inconsistencies between the collected evidence and the crime scene, leading detectives to believe this was a "staged" suicide. Upon a thorough investigation, detectives secured an arrest warrant for 24-year-old Jacqueline Jasmin Johnson-Cabrera, an ex-girlfriend of the victim, for First-Degree Murder.

Officials say Johnson-Cabrera will serve a life sentence in the Florida Department of Correction after entering a plea deal.

"𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝘿𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙎𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙂𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙝, 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙁𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙝 𝙅𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙞𝙩 𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮𝙨, 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙡𝙖𝙬 𝙚𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙧," said Sheriff Mike Prendergast. "𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙬𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 '𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙' 𝙨𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚. 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮'𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚."

"𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮'𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙢𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙬𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨," said Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney Bill Gladson. "𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙮, 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙯𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙮'𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙮 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙛'𝙨 𝙊𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚."