The Villager known as the “infatuated” shooter after he allegedly fired 33 rounds into the home of a neighbor lady with whom he had become obsessed, has a new attorney.
Howard Sparber, 69, continues to be held without bond at the Sumter County Detention Center. Sparber, who appeared to have been drinking on the evening of the incident, was arrested June 20 on Landale Loop in the Village of Hadley. The woman who was the object of his affection was not home at the time. You can read more about the original arrest HERE
Sparber’s wife has filed for divorce. She has retained Ocala divorce attorney Anne E. Raduns.
Howard Sparber’s attorney Pakiza Sajid, who had tried to win her client’s freedom in a bond hearing in August, tried to portray her client as someone who wasn’t a flight risk. Sajid had argued that his marriage was one of the reasons he would not try to flee. She even offered to have her client monitored by GPS at home. However, in that same hearing, a prosecutor indicated that Sparber’s wife didn’t want him to come home.
Now Sparber has a new attorney.
According to documents filed Sept. 14 in Sumter County Court, Sajid has been relieved of further representation in the case. She is being replaced by Nicholas Stack of Hatfield & Stack LLC in Tavares.