A Port St. Lucie woman arrested earlier this year in connection with the 2017 killing of two people at the Zota Beach Resort on Longboat Key faces a reduced murder charge.
Ed Brodsky, the state attorney for the 12th Judicial Circuit, in February reduced four charges of first-degree murder against Latoya Hanna to principal to murder in the second degree, a life felony charge.
Latoya Hanna is the sister of Darryl Vaughn Hanna Jr., a man arrested in August 2017 for the fatal shooting of night manager Timothy Hurley, 59, of Sarasota, and Victory Security of Florida guard Kevin Carter, 51, of Bradenton, during a robbery at the resort, 4711 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
Until January, Darryl Hanna, who suffered a stroke and traumatic brain injury while awaiting trial and was declared incompetent, was the only person arrested in connection with the killings.
But an arrest warrant executed in January alleges four people were involved in the crime: the Hannas, another man and an unnamed coconspirator who “confessed involvement in the robbery and murders and provided information about the crimes.”
The warrant alleges that Latoya Hanna rented and drove a getaway van, as well as rented a hotel room used before and after the robbery.
The warrant also alleges she was involved in a failed attempt to rob the resort July 21, 2017.
Hanna, 36, of Port St. Lucie, has remained in jail since mid-January. An arraignment will be at 8:55 a.m. March 8 at the Manatee County Judicial Center.