http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/crime/2015/03/06/teen-charged-attack-gets-go-home/24502701/#
One of the three teens charged in the savage attack on a 17-year-old in Satellite Beach a few weeks ago is going home.
Judge James Earp approved a bond deal reached by the State Attorney's Office and defense lawyer Kepler Funk's law firm that stipulates a $200,000 cash or surety bond, no social media, drug testing and house arrest-like conditions for 18-year-old Rebecca Gotay, who had been held at the Brevard County Jail since the attack.
Gotay will be permitted to leave her parent's home only for meetings with her lawyer, drug testing and medical appointments.
She was arrested along with Dylan Patrick Thomas, 17, of Indian Harbour Beach and Jessie Umberger of Satellite Beach on Feb. 20 on attempted first-degree murder charges in connection with the Feb. 19 attack on Daniel Vukovich.
Investigators say Gotay drove Thomas to and from the scene, where they say he beat Vukovich with a crowbar over stolen drugs.
Vukovich, who is recovering and responding to doctors following treatment for multiple head injuries, was found by his mother bloodied and crawling toward the garage.
"We're very happy she will not be in Sharpes any longer," Funk said, adding that he was pleased with the professional manner in which the State Attorney's Office handled negotiations. "They were willing to discuss reasonable conditions for her release."
Thomas and Umberger remain behind bars.
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http://www.floridatoday.com/story/n...teen-attack-marijuana-adult-charges/24307735/
A teen facing attempted murder charges in what police say was a Satellite Beach revenge plot over stolen marijuana will go before a juvenile-court judge for a hearing this week as the state attorney's office weighs whether to formally charge him as an adult.
Dylan Patrick Thomas, 17, of Indian Harbour Beach, was arrested on attempted first-degree murder charges in connection with the Feb. 19 attack on Daniel Vukovich, 17. Two friends, Jessica Umberger, 18, of Satellite Beach, and Rebecca Gotay, 18, of Indialantic, were also arrested on the same charges.
Investigators say Thomas carried out the physical attack, beating Vukovich in the head with a crowbar in the driveway of his home as he prepared to go to school.
Vukovich, who is recovering and responding to doctors following treatment for multiple head injuries, was found by his mother bloodied and crawling toward the garage.
Thomas remains in custody at the Brevard Juvenile Detention Center in Sharpes and will have a hearing Friday before Juvenile Court Judge Robert T. Burger. That could change if Thomas' attorney files a waiver of appearance in anticipation of the state's pursuit of adult sanctions against his client.
If charged as an adult and convicted by a jury, Thomas could face up to life in prison.
"The decision to file adult charges on a juvenile is a very serious decision, with serious and permanent consequences," Assistant State Attorney Jo Lynn Nelson, juvenile division chief, told FLORIDA TODAY.
Nelson will make a decision over whether to charge Thomas as an adult once the Brevard County Sheriff's Office turns over its investigative findings.
Those findings could arrive at any time, authorities report.
"We do not make a final decision on whether a case will be transferred to the adult system until we have had a chance to review, and weigh, all of the evidence," Nelson said.
Authorities said Vukovich's face and head wounds were so grievous that investigators initially thought he had been shot.
Police report that the plan to ambush Vukovich was hatched by the teens in conversations and in communications posted to social media as a plot to teach Vukovich a lesson for stealing marijuana from Thomas.
Umberger and Gotay are still being held at the Brevard County Jail Complex.
None of the three teens were living with their parents at the time of the attack.
One of the three teens charged in the savage attack on a 17-year-old in Satellite Beach a few weeks ago is going home.
Judge James Earp approved a bond deal reached by the State Attorney's Office and defense lawyer Kepler Funk's law firm that stipulates a $200,000 cash or surety bond, no social media, drug testing and house arrest-like conditions for 18-year-old Rebecca Gotay, who had been held at the Brevard County Jail since the attack.
Gotay will be permitted to leave her parent's home only for meetings with her lawyer, drug testing and medical appointments.
She was arrested along with Dylan Patrick Thomas, 17, of Indian Harbour Beach and Jessie Umberger of Satellite Beach on Feb. 20 on attempted first-degree murder charges in connection with the Feb. 19 attack on Daniel Vukovich.
Investigators say Gotay drove Thomas to and from the scene, where they say he beat Vukovich with a crowbar over stolen drugs.
Vukovich, who is recovering and responding to doctors following treatment for multiple head injuries, was found by his mother bloodied and crawling toward the garage.
"We're very happy she will not be in Sharpes any longer," Funk said, adding that he was pleased with the professional manner in which the State Attorney's Office handled negotiations. "They were willing to discuss reasonable conditions for her release."
Thomas and Umberger remain behind bars.
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http://www.floridatoday.com/story/n...teen-attack-marijuana-adult-charges/24307735/
A teen facing attempted murder charges in what police say was a Satellite Beach revenge plot over stolen marijuana will go before a juvenile-court judge for a hearing this week as the state attorney's office weighs whether to formally charge him as an adult.
Dylan Patrick Thomas, 17, of Indian Harbour Beach, was arrested on attempted first-degree murder charges in connection with the Feb. 19 attack on Daniel Vukovich, 17. Two friends, Jessica Umberger, 18, of Satellite Beach, and Rebecca Gotay, 18, of Indialantic, were also arrested on the same charges.
Investigators say Thomas carried out the physical attack, beating Vukovich in the head with a crowbar in the driveway of his home as he prepared to go to school.
Vukovich, who is recovering and responding to doctors following treatment for multiple head injuries, was found by his mother bloodied and crawling toward the garage.
Thomas remains in custody at the Brevard Juvenile Detention Center in Sharpes and will have a hearing Friday before Juvenile Court Judge Robert T. Burger. That could change if Thomas' attorney files a waiver of appearance in anticipation of the state's pursuit of adult sanctions against his client.
If charged as an adult and convicted by a jury, Thomas could face up to life in prison.
"The decision to file adult charges on a juvenile is a very serious decision, with serious and permanent consequences," Assistant State Attorney Jo Lynn Nelson, juvenile division chief, told FLORIDA TODAY.
Nelson will make a decision over whether to charge Thomas as an adult once the Brevard County Sheriff's Office turns over its investigative findings.
Those findings could arrive at any time, authorities report.
"We do not make a final decision on whether a case will be transferred to the adult system until we have had a chance to review, and weigh, all of the evidence," Nelson said.
Authorities said Vukovich's face and head wounds were so grievous that investigators initially thought he had been shot.
Police report that the plan to ambush Vukovich was hatched by the teens in conversations and in communications posted to social media as a plot to teach Vukovich a lesson for stealing marijuana from Thomas.
Umberger and Gotay are still being held at the Brevard County Jail Complex.
None of the three teens were living with their parents at the time of the attack.
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