This morning, May 22, 2026, Alicia Andrews stood before a Tampa judge and learned her fate for her role in the 2024 ambush that took the life of Charles Jones, better known as Julio Foolio.
Despite the defense fighting tooth and nail to distance her from the shooters, the judge handed down a 15-year prison sentence, signaling that the law isn’t looking the other way just because you weren’t the one pulling the trigger.
As previously reported, Andrews, who was 21 at the time of the murder, was the girlfriend of Isaiah Chance, one of the four men already sentenced to life for the hit. During the trial, the state painted a picture of a coordinated execution. They alleged Andrews wasn’t just a passenger; she was a critical set of eyes, helping the hit squad track Foolio from nightclub to nightclub before they finally cornered him in a hotel parking lot.
While her legal team tried to portray her as a woman under the thumb of a controlling boyfriend, the jury didn’t buy the “innocent tag-along” story entirely. They eventually hit her with a manslaughter conviction back in October, which carried the 15-year maximum she received today.
The judge addressed the core of the case. The phrase “he was not disposable” cut through the air, a direct response to the way rival gang dynamics often treat human lives like pawns on a chessboard. Foolio’s death was a result of the long-standing, blood-soaked beef between his KTA/6Block crew and the rival ATK/1200 groups.
Prosecutors made it clear that while Andrews wasn’t a gang member herself, she allowed her resources, her car and her phone,, to be used as tools for the mission, helping the shooters blend in and avoid detection until it was too late.
Even with a new judge, Kimberly Fernandez, taking the bench after a successful defense appeal to remove the previous judge for “hostility,” the outcome didn’t shift in Andrews’ favor.
Judge Fernandez reviewed the case and stood by the gravity of the crime, refusing to toss the conviction or grant a new trial.
The four gunmen are already tucked away for life, and now Andrews will spend the next decade and a half behind a different kind of wall.