A Florida teenager pleaded responsible to sexually assaulting and beating a 91-year-old lady after breaking into her residence in June.
Jesse Stone, 14, was charged with sexual assault and housebreaking and he entered right into a plea deal on Nov. 7, based on courtroom paperwork obtained by WCJB.
The aged lady had been awake when Stone broke into her residence in Reddick, Fla. round midnight on June 9, based on the Fb put up.
Investigations utilizing DNA proof from the scene positively recognized Stone because the perpetrator, based on a Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace put up on Fb.
Police spoke with Stone a few video neighbors had recorded the evening of the assault that confirmed an individual carrying 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 carrying comparable garments to the particular person within the video.
Stone finally confessed to the crimes throughout an interview with Detective Caitlin Hartigan, based on the Fb put up. He additionally stated that he entered the sufferer’s residence by way of her lounge and had watched pornography on her iPad, based on the Star-Banner.
The girl and Stone had apparently met earlier than and she or he even thought of him to be “a good boy,” based on the Star-Banner.
“It came as a shock that any individual would commit such an act on a 91-year-old, but it is truly disturbing when we see the young age of the arrestee,” Sheriff Billy Woods stated.
“Although I firmly believe he should be held accountable for his crime, as a father, my compassion goes out to his family. Hopefully his arrest will lead to getting him help that prevents any further such acts.”
Stone is about to be sentenced on Dec. 19, simply three days earlier than his fifteenth birthday.