TAMPA, Fla. - The man who traveled from Atlanta to Florida , then tried to kill his ex-girlfriend and shot her dog after the attack, learned his fate in a Tampa courtroom on Thursday.

Case against Timothy Crawford

The backstory:

According to federal prosecutors, Timothy Crawford left Atlanta in the early morning hours of Dec. 7, 2023, and began driving toward the home of his ex-girlfriend (referred to as "M.B.") in Odessa.

Court documents show that Crawford broke into M.B.'s house around 8 p.m. that evening armed with a pistol and stun-gun and waited for her to return home.

When his ex-girlfriend came home, Crawford punched, kicked and electrically stunned her numerous times, while telling her that he was going to kill her and her children.

M.B. defended herself with a dumbbell

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