The Brief
- A Hillsborough County judge sentenced Kamal Padlowski to life in prison Monday after a deadly fight on a boat dock in Ruskin.
- Surveillance video captured Padlowski pushing Melvin Jimenez down on a dock and into the water near Bahia Beach Boulevard in 2024.
- Jimenez’s stepdaughter gave a tearful statement during Padlowski’s sentencing.
TAMPA, Fla. – A Hillsborough County judge sentenced Kamal Padlowski to life in prison Monday after he was convicted of murdering a man on a boat dock.
Prosecutors said Padlowski pushed Melvin Jimenez off a dock in Ruskin in 2024.
Ruskin murder sentencing
What we know:
A judge sentenced Kamal Padlowski to life in prison Monday afternoon, after he was convicted of first-degree murder a few weeks ago. Prosecutors said Padlowski got into a fight with Melvin Jimenez on a dock near Bahia Beach Boulevard in Ruskin over Memorial Day weekend in 2024.
According to court records, the two men met at a bar earlier that day. Prosecutors said surveillance video showed them arguing before Padlowski pushed Jimenez on the dock, causing him to hit his head, and then pushed him again into the water.…