A teenage woman who, together with a youthful boy, engaged in a shootout with Florida deputies from a house that they had damaged into in 2021 was sentenced Friday to 20 years in jail after reaching a plea deal.
During a listening to, 15-year-old Nicole Jackson-Maldonado pleaded no contest to tried first-degree homicide with a firearm, housebreaking of a dwelling whereas armed with a weapon, and prison mischief, amongst different expenses, in accordance to prosecutors. A no contest plea is not an request for forgiveness however is handled as such for the needs of sentencing.
In addition to the 20 years of incarceration, she faces 40 years of probation, the Office of the State Attorney in Daytona Beach stated in a news launch.
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A Florida teenager was sentenced to 20 12 months for her half in a shootout concentrating on deputies.
(Fox News)
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Jackson-Maldonado and a 12-year-old boy left the Florida United Methodist Children’s Home close to Deltona in June 2021 and broke right into a home the place they discovered weapons and ammunition. They started firing on Volusia County sheriff’s deputies who have been trying to find them. Deputies lastly shot and wounded Jackson-Maldonado after she approached them whereas firing a shotgun, ending the standoff, authorities stated.
Jackson-Maldonado’s case was positioned in grownup court docket, whereas the boy’s case stayed in juvenile court docket. He reached a plea bargain final 12 months and could possibly be launched from a juvenile facility inside a number of years. Prosecutors say the boy surrendered to deputies with out firing at the time, not like Jackson-Maldonado.