OCALA, Fla. – A boy who was 14 years old when he was arrested last year in a sex attack of a 91-year-old Reddick woman was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison.
Jesse Stone, who is now 15, originally pleaded not guilty in August but later changed his plea to guilty.
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Stone will serve 25 years in state prison followed by 30 years of sex offender probation, the judge said.
Marion County deputies said the woman awoke early on June 9 to find Stone in her home before she was then beaten and sexually battered.
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She was later taken to a hospital, where she told detectives that the suspect had “pounced” on her, punched her in the face and fled the scene, according to the sheriff’s office.
Later that same day, the sheriff’s office explained that Stone had approached detectives as they canvassed the area, telling them that a neighbor had “found something” on surveillance video that the neighbor wanted the detectives to see. Upon reviewing the video, detectives discovered a “figure” who appeared to look similar to Stone.
Nearly a week later, deputies announced that they arrested Stone on charges of sexual battery and burglary using the surveillance video and DNA evidence.
Stone was charged as an adult.
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