The following felony cases have either been tried in a court of law or have been settled without trial and are considered closed.

• Lori Mastaler was sentenced to 11 months and six days in county jail after pleading no contest to battery on a person 65years or older. She was arrested in January 2023 after throwing a modem at her husband and hitting him in the head. According to reports, the couple was married for ten years and she became more and more violent.
• Thomas Molloy was sentenced in August to one year probation after pleading no contest to trespass. The probation was terminated in August after he paid fines. Charges of litter over 500 pounds, criminal mischief/$1,000 or more, and two counts failure to comply to environmental rules were dropped. Molloy was arrested in Feb. 2023 after he was accused of burying an old boat on someone else’s property.
• Robert Dias was sentenced to one day in county jail after pleading no contest to trespass. Charges of littering over 500 pounds, criminal mischief over $1,000 in damage, and two counts failure to comply with environmental rules were dropped. Dias was arrested in April 2022 by an FWC officer after he buried a boat on someone else’s property.
• Charges of possession of cannabis/less than 20 grams and possession of drug paraphernalia against Termeria Jean were dropped in October. Jean was arrested in September by a Florida Highway Patrol officer.
• Keyla Smith was sentenced to one year, five months and three days in state prison followed by two years probation after pleading no contest to two counts grand theft and one count burglary of a conveyance. Smith was arrested in February 2024 after she and three others broke into a vehicle in the parking lot of Walmart and took a passport, a social security card and $1,000 in gold. Afterward, the group reportedly went into Walmart and placed multiple items in a shopping cart and left without paying for anything.
• Emily Thomas was sentenced in December to one month in county jail after pleading no contest to petit theft/with two or more prior convictions. Thomas was arrested in June 2024 after stealing approximately $750 worth of merchandise from Walmart.
• Chaka Smith was sentenced in December to three years probation after pleading no contest to possession with intent to sell acontrolled substance. Charges of possession of 20 grams or less of cannabis, possession of hydromorphone and possession of amphetamine were dismissed. Smith was arrested in Sept. 2023.
• Kham Douangaphay was sentenced to two years in state prison after his probation was revoked on charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, giving false information to a law officer and driving on a suspended license. Douangaphay was arrested in September 2023, entered a no contest plea in January 2025 and was placed on drug-offender probation for 18 months following one month in county jail. However, in May 2025, he was determined to be in violation of this probation.
• Jubay Ridore was sentenced in December to four years in state prison after pleading no contest to battery by detainee. Ridore was arrested in July 2024 after attacking another detainee.
• Casey Casen was sentenced to four years and seven months after pleading no contest to possession with intent to sell within 1,000 feet of a school and sale of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school. Casen was arrested in February 2024 in Douglas Park.
• Josephine McDuffie was sentenced to 18 months community control after pleading no contest to stealing lottery tickets from her employer. She reportedly had two or more prior convictions.
• Bryan Corwin was sentenced in October to four years and nine months in state prison after pleading no contest to attempted sexual battery and intimidating a witness or victim. Corwin was arrested in April 2024 after he pulled up beside a woman on U.S. 441 North and offered her a ride. Because she knew him, she accepted, however, he threatened her with pepper spray if she did not go along with his sexual advances. He stopped for gas, and she was able to escape.

 A no contest plea does not mean the defendant admits guilt. It means he/she chooses not to fight the charges for one reason or another. The effect of the plea is virtually identical to that of a guilty plea.

Withheld adjudication generally refers to a decision by a judge to put a person on probation without an adjudication of guilt. It means an individual is not found guilty legally by the court. If the person successfully completes the terms of probation and has no subsequent offenses, no further action will be taken on the case, and the offense for which adjudication was withheld is typically not considered a prior conviction for purposes of habitual offender sentencing.