• Lisa Simpson
• Feb 26,2010
• In: Foreclosure

Howard Stitzel Courted Foreclosure Living Larger than Life in a Small Town

The story of 45 year old Howard Stitzel from Stetson University of Law is that of a life gone awry with foreclosure and implications in murder playing roles in his downfall. He lived larger than his life in the small town of Plant City.

At one time he practiced law with his colleague being former House Speaker Johnnie Byrd, collected funds for Republican candidates and was the member of a respected committee that was engaged in choosing judges. He constructed a spacious house (3,200 square feet), purchased a Harley-Davidson and a boat. He was a frequent traveller to Alaska and France.

But suddenly the stars went against him. He has sold his belongings including his truck and saw his house enter foreclosure. He lagged behind by $60,000 in child-support, has creditors breathing down his neck for $275,000 and was booted out of his law firm.

It was while he was sliding down that he met Dorice Moore who came to be recently charged for the murder of Abraham Shakespeare, a lottery winner of Polk County. The body was discovered within the premises of the legal office of Stitzel. Stitzel has helped in transferring assets including property of Shakespeare to the medical staffing firm of Moore.

The matter is under investigation while all the records of this legal office have been seized. His attorneys are defending his innocence and claim that Stitzel has been victimized and framed.

The teenage children of Moore and Stitzel brought them together. Stitzel had been separated from his first wife after a marriage that lasted three years. Their house in Keysville Road was foreclosed upon and a credit union reclaimed his Dodge Ram. In 2009 January he was threatened with the suspension of his driving licence because of his lagging behind in child support. This was followed by Byrd kicking him out of their law firm. Byrd complained that he was failing to turn up for work and had to fire him over the telephone. Stizel said that disagreements over business led to this situation. Byrd added that Stitzel had huge potential and what had happened was indeed sad.

Immediately after parting ways with Byrd, Stitzel started facilitating the matter of transferring assets from Shakespeare to the firm of Moore – American Medical Professionals. Moore is a Plant City local and became a close friend of Shakespeare after the latter won a jackpot of $31 million in 2006.

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