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   BARTOW – Tony “T.J.” Wiggins Jr. now stands formally charged   
   with the shooting deaths of three friends as they prepared to go   
   night fishing at Frostproof’s Lake Streety in July.   
      
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   the flesh,' Polk Sheriff Grady Judd says   
      
   A Polk County grand jury handed up an indictment late Tuesday   
   against Wiggins, 26, for three counts of first-degree murder in   
   the fatal shootings of Brandon Rollins, Damion Tillman and Keven   
   Springfield.   
      
   Prosecutors now have 45 days to determine whether they will seek   
   the death penalty against him should he be convicted. He remains   
   in the Polk County Jail without bail pending trial.   
      
   A shopping bag in Tillman’s front seat, coupled with   
   surveillance video at a Dollar General store in Frostproof,   
   linked Wiggins with the murders, according to the Polk County   
   Sheriff’s Office. In the video, detectives observed Tillman   
   talking with Wiggins while standing in the store’s checkout line   
   minutes before the shootings.   
      
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   Heartland Crime Stoppers says   
      
   Wiggins’ younger brother, William Robert, brought a second break   
   in the case when, during questioning, he detailed witnessing the   
   killings as he sat in his brother’s pickup truck about 10 p.m.   
   July 19, according to Sheriff’s Office reports. He told   
   detectives he’d heard his brother accuse Springfield, 30, a   
   mechanic, of taking his truck, reports stated, and he watched as   
   the three men were shot in their trucks.   
      
   As he lay bleeding that July night, Rollins, 28, used his   
   cellphone to call his father for help, according to arrest   
   reports. His father found Rollins at the lake, but couldn’t call   
   for help because he’d left his cell phone behind and wasn’t able   
   to find his son’s, which had fallen between the truck seats.   
      
   Detectives also found bullets at the family compound where   
   Wiggins was living, and they matched the ones fired at the   
   murder scene, detectives said.   
      
   READ MORE: 4 arrests made at compound of alleged Frostproof   
   triple murder gunman TJ Wiggins   
      
   In addition to the murder charges, the grand jury on Tuesday   
   indicted T.J. Wiggins on allegations of possession of a firearm   
   by a convicted felon and tampering with evidence, stemming from   
   allegations he threw the handgun out the window after leaving   
   the scene of the killings. He’s scheduled to return to court for   
   a status hearing Nov. 3.   
      
   The younger Wiggins, 21, is charged with accessory after the   
   fact to a capital felony and tampering with evidence, on   
   allegations he helped his brother toss Tillman’s body in the bed   
   of the truck. Tillman, 23, had been driving. He was initially   
   released after posting $46,000 bail, but was returned to custody   
   in August after deputies asserted he had contacted his brother,   
   which violated his pretrial release. He’s now being held in the   
   Polk County Jail without bail pending trial.   
      
   Also charged with accessory after the fact to a capital felony   
   is T.J. Wiggins’ girlfriend, Mary Clare Whittemore, 27, who   
   remains in the Polk County Jail under $45,000 bail, court and   
   jail records show.   
      
   Both the younger Wiggins and Whittemore are scheduled for   
   pretrial hearings Oct. 27, according to court records.   
      
   Suzie Schottelkotte can be reached at   
   suzie.schottelkotte@theledger.com or 863-533-9070. Follow her on   
   Twitter @southpolkscene.   
      
   https://www.theledger.com/story/news/crime/2020/09/30/grand-jury-   
   indicts-wiggins-july-triple-homicide-frostproof/3585117001/   
       
      
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