State Attorney Monique Worrell has responded to community concerns about the plea deal for Tyler Feight, who attacked a jogger in College Park, clarifying that an administrative error by the prosecutor did not impact the sentence.

Worrell said the prosecutor assigned to Feight's case did nothing illegal or unethical.

Instead, she explained, he mistakenly checked the wrong box on the plea deal form, indicating "withhold of adjudication."

Worrell added that the prosecutor is not under investigation, but his immediate supervisor is reviewing his performance.

"The sentence was the accountability ... could well have just been 225 days in Orange County jail, no further action ... however, this prosecutor went above and beyond in requiring three-year probation sentence with special conditions

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