A Jupiter father who locked his adopted son in a box-like construction within the storage of their residence will not be launched from jail whereas he awaits sentencing.
Decide Howard Coates has denied a request by the protection crew for Tim Ferriter to be launched on home arrest forward of subsequent month’s sentencing listening to. His ruling got here within the type of a written order issued Friday.
Ferriter was convicted earlier this month on prices of kid abuse, youngster neglect and false imprisonment.
Protection lawyer Khurrum Wahid mentioned throughout a listening to final week that his shopper would give up his passport, conform to put on a monitoring gadget and would proceed to reside in Palm Seashore County. He additionally mentioned Ferriter should not be thought-about a flight threat and now not has custody of any of his youngsters.
Nonetheless, Assistant State Lawyer Brianna Coakley mentioned Ferriter, who had been out on bond since his February 2022 arrest, now faces as much as 40 years in jail, “which is a considerably vital posture” than when he was on pre-trial launch.
Coakley additionally claimed that Ferriter has since bought his Jupiter residence and his attorneys had not supplied an tackle the place their shopper could be staying.
Coates wrote in his ruling that the protection failed to offer any proof to counsel that Ferriter wouldn’t be a flight threat. Coates mentioned that with the house’s sale, “a major native attachment to the neighborhood now not exists.”
“This reality, coupled with the truth that Defendant solely returned to Florida from Arizona shortly earlier than the abuse occurred in Florida, leaves the Court docket with the numerous concern that nothing exists to stop Defendant from making a fast exit from the neighborhood having bought his one vital actual property asset that anchored him to the neighborhood,” Coates wrote.
Coakley additionally refuted the declare that Ferriter would not have contact with any of the kids, noting that the youngest youngster was adopted by his spouse’s mother and father.
“The import of this to the Court docket is that the traditional robust incentive to stay shut to 1’s youngsters that might exist with an intact household now not exists right here, including to the Court docket’s concern of there being nothing to incentivize Defendant to not flee the jurisdiction,” Coates wrote.
Coates concluded that “the chance of a considerable and extreme sentence poses a robust incentive for Defendant to flee the jurisdiction and represents a considerable change in circumstances the Defendant confronted pre-trial versus the circumstances and actuality he now faces post-conviction and adjudication.”
Ferriter’s sentencing is about for Nov. 16.
“We’re upset in regards to the courtroom’s ruling,” protection lawyer Prya Murad instructed WPTV in an announcement. “Although we perceive it is tougher to get a bond set after a responsible verdict, Tim is a perfect candidate. He was keen to give up his passport to alleviate any considerations. It is an undisputed reality he had no violations whereas out on bond pre-trial and would not have custody of any of the kids. If anybody deserved the courtroom’s discretion, it was Tim. Nonetheless, now we have confronted challenges on this case from the start and can preserve preventing at each flip.”
His spouse, Tracy Ferriter, is going through the identical prices and nonetheless awaiting trial.
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