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On April 10, 2023, State Attorney Ryan Nagel presented to the Alachua County Spring Term Grand Jury multiple count indictments based on Gainesville Police Investigations. ....
A jury found Donald Roberts guilty of the offenses in late March. Sentencing was held on Friday. The 32-year-old Ocala man s lawyer, Jack Maro, of Ocala, said his client was facing five years in prison for each charge. With the verdict, the sentence would be much less, the lawyer said. Roberts mother, Shirley, told the judge she s the caretaker for her grandson. She said because of her illness, she can hardly work and asked Circuit Judge Gary Sanders to have mercy on her son. It s getting hard on me, Roberts mother told the judge as she cried. The woman begged the judge to release her son so he can come home and help her. She told the judge if her son is released, he would live with her and take care of his child. ....