By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-28 03:16:47 | Updated at 2024-09-30 13:25:31
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Man who tried kidnapping Homestead teen walking her dog avoids prison, gets house arrest
NBC Miami ^ | 9/27/2024 | Christian Colon
Posted on 09/27/2024 6:45:36 PM PDT by simpson96
Six months after police arrested a man for trying to kidnap a 13-year-old girl who was walking her dog in Homestead, he walked out of court on Friday avoiding any prison time for his actions.
Michael Luprecio was initially charged with attempting to kidnap Candice Ramirez and for touching her inappropriately. Video surveillance captured the moment.
"I pushed him. I screamed at him and pushed him and told him, what’s your problem," Ramirez said in a previous interview with NBC6
Luprecio was denied bond after his arrest but was released to undergo cancer treatment.
On Friday, he appeared in court to accept a plea deal the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Officer offered him.
Luprecio pleaded guilty to an attempted kidnapping charge, but state attorneys dropped a lewd and lascivious charge.
The 43-year-old was sentenced to two years of house arrest, eight years of probation, mental health evaluation and treatment if necessary. He was ordered to stay away from Ramirez and he is not allowed to have unsupervised contact with minors.
NBC6 asked Ramirez’s mother about the deal and she stated there was nothing she could do about it.
“That is how the law decided it to be,” Maria Perez said.
Perez told NBC6 her daughter doesn’t trust anyone and she has been traumatized by the incident.
“We battle every day hoping she recovers,” she added.
After he accepted the deal, Luprecio cursed at NBC6 crews when he was questioned about the proceeding.
“He’s not a dangerous guy. He’s a good guy,” said Eric Matheny, Luprecio’s attorney, who told NBC6 the incident was “a big misunderstanding, and I think everyone wants to move on with their life and put this issue behind them.”
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Eric Matheny: “He’s not a dangerous guy. He’s a good guy,” the incident was “a big misunderstanding, and I think everyone wants to move on with their life and put this issue behind them.”
1 posted on 09/27/2024 6:45:36 PM PDT by simpson96
To: simpson96
NBC6 asked Ramirez’s mother about the deal and she stated there was nothing she could do about it.
“That is how the law decided it to be,” Maria Perez said.
Am I the only one who has a problem with that?
2 posted on 09/27/2024 6:52:34 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
The powers that be do this to save money. The perp has cancer. If they imprison him, they have to pay for his treatment and transport him back and forth. So they cut him loose.
They do what’s cheapest, not what’s right.
3 posted on 09/27/2024 7:00:48 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
To: Valpal1
Kidnapping used to be a death penalty offence.
I think we were better off at that time.
4 posted on 09/27/2024 7:04:20 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
To: simpson96
Fine.
Take him home to live with you.
5 posted on 09/27/2024 7:06:51 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
To: simpson96
Her male friends need to go “congratulate” the perp for not serving prison time.
6 posted on 09/27/2024 7:18:09 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
To: gitmo
And the male friends after they pound some sense into the fella can then claim that their act was “a big misunderstanding”, and that everyone just wants to move on with their life and put this issue behind them.”
7 posted on 09/27/2024 7:23:44 PM PDT by Bob434
To: simpson96
Those ankle monitors are a joke. The criminal just cuts it off. There are no
repercussions. Every Chocolate City has several thousand homies walking
around with their ankle monitors cut off.
8 posted on 09/27/2024 7:28:32 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. -- Psalm 106)
To: simpson96
Family members should apply appropriate “justice” and should include the prosecution and judge.
9 posted on 09/27/2024 7:49:48 PM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
To: Feckless
In Florida, people can have a "gator accident". Here today, gone tomorrow.
10 posted on 09/27/2024 7:53:10 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. -- Psalm 106)
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