The following felony cases have either been tried in a court of law or have been settled without trial and are considered closed.
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In the Courts
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By Cathy Womble Lake Okeechobee News
In the Courts
The following felony cases have either been tried in a court of law or have been settled without trial and are considered closed.
Katherine Perez was sentenced to eight months in county jail on Sept. 22 after pleading no contest to possession of cannabis/20 grams or less and possession of drug paraphernalia. A charge of possession of buprenorphine was dropped. Perez was arrested in May during a traffic stop.
Tyler Selph was sentenced to one day of probation on Sept. 22 after pleading no contest to assault. Adjudication was withheld. A charge of extortion was dropped. Selph was arrested in April of 2021 after an ex-girlfriend accused him of filing a false DCF report, sending threatening texts and harassing phone calls.
Joseph Sewell was sentenced to two years and six months in state prison on Sept. 22 after pleading no contest to burglary. Charges of armed burglary, three counts battery, two counts criminal mischief and one count child abuse were dropped. Sewell was arrested in April 2021 on the burglary charges. The (now 49-year-old) man broke into a home on Northwest 208th Street on March 27, 2019. He took multiple items, including a firearm. The other charges were accrued in March of this year.
Anthony Stokes was sentenced to one year and one day in state prison after pleading no contest to robbery by sudden snatching, battery on detention personnel and battery on a facility employee by throwing fluids on them. He was arrested in September.
Justin Jenkins was sentenced to four years probation on Sept. 27 after pleading no contest to leaving the scene of a crash without giving information with property damage and driving without a license/habitual offender. Jenkins was arrested in December 2021.
A no contest plea does not mean the defendant admits guilt. It means he/she chooses not to fight the charges for one reason or another. The effect of the plea is virtually identical to that of a guilty plea.
Withheld adjudication generally refers to a decision by a judge to put a person on probation without an adjudication of guilt. It means an individual is not found guilty legally by the court. If the person successfully completes the terms of probation and has no subsequent offenses, no further action will be taken on the case, and the offense for which adjudication was withheld is typically not considered a prior conviction for purposes of habitual offender sentencing.
