SECOND DEGREE MURDER IS OFFICIAL CHARGE

STATE PROSECUTORS HAVE FORMALLY CHARGED A DRIFTER WHO KILLED AN ENGLEWOOD ANTIQUES SHOPPE OWNER TWO WEEKS AGO.  33 YEAR OLD JAMES BESAW WAS CHARGED LAST THURSDAY WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND ROBBERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON AFTER HE CONFESSED TO ATTACKING 64 YEAR OLD JEFFREY MAZUR WITH A HAMMER ON DECEMBER 29^TH FOLLOWING A DISPUTE OVER PAWNED COINS.  MAZUR DIED TWO DAYS LATER AT LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.  SAMANTHA SOYEN, SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE TOLD WFLN NEWS THEY COULD ONLY FILE SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES, AND WHILE IT’S POSSIBLE FOR THE STATE ATTORNEY TO SEAT A GRAND JURY TO PURSUE FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES, THEY DO NOT RELEASE THAT INFORMATION.  BESAW REMAINS IN THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY JAIL WHERE HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND PENDING HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE ON FEBRUARY 14^TH.