A Florida teenager pleaded responsible to sexually assaulting and beating a 91-year-old lady after breaking into her house in June.
Jesse Stone, 14, was charged with sexual assault and housebreaking and he entered right into a plea deal on Nov. 7, in keeping with court docket paperwork obtained by WCJB.
91-year-old lady. Marion County Sheriffâs Workplace
The aged lady had been awake when Stone broke into her house in Reddick, Fla. round midnight on June 9, in keeping with the Fb submit.
Investigations utilizing DNA proof from the scene positively recognized Stone because the perpetrator, in keeping with a Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace submit on Fb.
Police spoke with Stone a few video neighbors had recorded the night time of the assault that confirmed an individual sporting a darkish t-shirt and shorts jogging close to the realm, as reported by the Ocala Star-Banner.
Stone denied that it was him, however detectives have been fast to level out that he was sporting related garments to the particular person within the video.
Stone finally confessed to the crimes throughout an interview with Detective Caitlin Hartigan, in keeping with the Fb submit. He additionally mentioned that he entered the sufferer’s house via her front room and had watched pornography on her iPad, in keeping with the Star-Banner.
The lady and Stone had apparently met earlier than and he or she even thought-about him to be “a superb boy,” in keeping with the Star-Banner.
“It got here as a shock that any particular person would commit such an act on a 91-year-old, however it’s really disturbing once we see the younger age of the arrestee,” Sheriff Billy Woods mentioned.
“Though I firmly consider he must be held accountable for his crime, as a father, my compassion goes out to his household. Hopefully his arrest will result in getting him assist that stops any additional such acts.”
Stone is about to be sentenced on Dec. 19, simply three days earlier than his fifteenth birthday.
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