Woman in Florida Who Said She Worked for God Was Charged With Killing a Policeman in an Ambush

One sheriff’s deputy was killed and two others were hurt in what officials called an ambush attack this month. A woman from Florida has been arrested in connection with the attack.

Julie Ann Sulpizio, 48, was charged with several crimes on Monday. These include three counts of attempted first-degree premeditated murder of a police officer, conspiracy to commit first-degree premeditated murder, battery on a police officer, and three counts of battery on other people.

FOX 35 in Orlando reported that the charge came from a grand jury that was called together by the office of State Attorney Bill Gladson in the Fifth Judicial Court.

The station said Gladson had said before that the case fits the criteria for the death sentence, but that no final decision has been made yet. His office has 45 days to look at the proof and choose whether to ask for it or not.

On August 5, Sulpizio was arrested at a hospital in Tavares, Florida. He had been there for treatment on August 2, which is when the crime happened.

Master Deputy Sheriff Bradley Michael Link, who was 28 years old, was killed in what Lake County Sheriff Peyton Grinnell called a “ambush.” The attack hurt Master Deputy Sheriff Harold Howell, who is 41 years old, and Deputy First Class Stefano Gargano, who is 28 years old.

Around 8 p.m., deputies were sent to a home where there was a report of a disturbance before being told to go to another home near Eustis.

The back door had been kicked in, and they could hear noise inside the house. When the cops went into the house, they were shot at. Link was shot and got stuck inside the house, where he later died from his injuries.

Grinnell made a list of the things that happened before and after the killing. He said that the caller said a woman, who was later named as Sulpizio, was breaking into people’s homes and attacking them. It is said that Sulpizio hit the people and said religious things to them, like calling them sinners.

“The complainant stated [Sulpizio] was acting religious, accusing them of being sinners, and she knows ‘what they did,’” the deputy said. “They identified Julie Sulpizio as their neighbor, but Julie states that she is ‘Helen, under God’s will.'”

“During a calm verbal exchange, Julie Sulpizio states that they, meaning the group of people that were present there, were involved in pedophilia,” Grinnell said. “She again claims to be ‘Helen,’ and she asked one of the victims that she had battered, ‘Who was your God?'”

Later, Sulpizio told police that she was trying to get those neighbors to come to her house so that her husband could kill them, Grinnell said.

“She was not successful because of our deputies,” he stated.

He said that Sulpizio told those people, “Julie is in heaven.”

“She then went on to state, ‘You see, the thing is, we needed to trick Lucy,’ and we later learned [Lucy] to be a name she calls Lucifer,” he said. He also said that Sulpizio then pointed at the deputy and told him, “You are one of them.”

While police were trying to arrest Sulpizio, they also went to her home across the street to make sure she was okay. When they got to the house, they saw two dead dogs outside and a window with the screen kicked out. The deputies thought this was odd and called for help.

Link and Howell went into the house through the back door and went through the living room and hallway. While Link was looking away, Michael Sulpizio, the wife of the boss, attacked him. The sheriff said Michael was armed and ready. Link was shot in the back, and he was hit several more times as he tried to crawl away when he ran out of bullets.

Savannah and Cheyenne, the couple’s two children, were also inside the house. One of them was heard yelling, “My King will kill all of you!” You are the children of Lucifer!”

Police say that Link’s body camera footage showed that Michael and his girls talked about committing suicide before they were all found dead with gunshot wounds to the heads.

The sheriff said that when police searched the house, they found a lot of guns, ammunition, and water bottles, but no phones or TVs. The sheriff said that “anti-government propaganda” and media linked to conspiracy theories were also found.

Grinnell said Sulpizio didn’t seem to feel bad about what she did and had been being watched in the hospital days before she was arrested.