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Florida man gets 30-year sentence for 2018 school shooting
April 23, 2021
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OCALA, Fla. (AP) A 22-year-old Florida man was sentenced to a 30-year prison term for firing a gun through a door at a high school and injuring a student in April 2018.
The sentence issued Thursday by Circuit Judge Lisa Herndon orders Sky Bouche to serve a maximum 25 years behind bars, followed by 30 years of probation, the Ocala Star-Banner reported. He is also required to pay restitution of more than $14,000.
Linda Castello, the man s grandmother, attended the hearing and told the newspaper he is “sorry for what he did, and is a “nice person. She said he hopes children “will learn from this.
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The pandemic effect
The three justice system officials told the County Commission last week that they need financial assistance to cut through the pandemic-related case backlog.
According to figures provided to commissioners by the Public Defender s Office, from March 20, 2020 to March 21, 2021, the number of pending felony cases increased 55 percent. For misdemeanors it was a 304 percent boost, and juveniles cases are up 75 percent. We did everything to move cases along, Graves told commissioners. But with jury trials canceled for a year (they restarted last month) and many hearings delayed, as well, there was only so much his office could do.
Graves said his lawyers are still approximately 2,000 cases behind.
He has done it before, and he s doing it again.
After six months of grinding and grueling work as a recruit, former 5th Judicial Circuit State Attorney Brad King graduated from the Florida Basic Recruit Academy, which is part of the College of Central Florida s Criminal Justice Institute, on Tuesday.
He went back to recruit school – his first stint was more than 40 years ago – because his next career move is either to teach at the academy or become a school resource officer. I wanted to still be involved. I want to give something back to the system, King said during a telephone interview on Wednesday.