A Florida teenager pleaded responsible to sexually assaulting and beating a 91-year-old girl after breaking into her dwelling in June.
Jesse Stone, 14, was charged with sexual assault and housebreaking and he entered right into a plea deal on Nov. 7, in line with court docket paperwork obtained by WCJB.
91-year-old girl. Marion County Sheriffâs Workplace
The aged girl had been awake when Stone broke into her dwelling in Reddick, Fla. round midnight on June 9, in line with the Fb submit.
Investigations utilizing DNA proof from the scene positively recognized Stone because the perpetrator, in line with a Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace submit on Fb.
Police spoke with Stone a few video neighbors had recorded the evening of the assault that confirmed an individual sporting a darkish t-shirt and shorts jogging close to the world, 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 individual within the video.
Stone finally confessed to the crimes throughout an interview with Detective Caitlin Hartigan, in line with the Fb submit. He additionally stated that he entered the sufferer’s dwelling via her front room and had watched pornography on her iPad, in line with the Star-Banner.
The girl and Stone had apparently met earlier than and he or she even thought of him to be “a superb boy,” in line 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 after we see the younger age of the arrestee,” Sheriff Billy Woods stated.
“Though I firmly consider he needs to 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.
