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Former Jay Baseball Coach Sentenced To Probation On Battery Charge
January 30, 2019
A former Jay High School baseball coach charged with lewd and lascivious molestation an 2017 has been sentenced to probation.
Brian Joseph Moye was facing two felony counts of lewd and lascivious molestation and one count of sexual battery. He pleaded no contest to two lesser counts of battery and was sentenced to 12 months probation. He will also be required to complete mental health counseling and is ineligible for Florida educator certification or employment as a teacher or administrator.
Moye is barred from having contact with victims.
Two female students, age 16 and age 14, alleged Moye touched them inappropriately in his classroom. Moye denied all of the allegations against him, calling one allegation a “bold face lie,” according to his arrest report.
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7 Responses to “Former Jay Baseball Coach Sentenced To Probation On Battery Charge”
This case may very well have been pled down to a battery because it was “week” . But that does not mean he did not commit the crime it just means there was not enough evidence to prove it in court. There could also be many other reasons for allowing him to plead to a reduced charge, such as the victims not wanting to go to court.
The previous poster was correct that we will never know the truth for 100% certain. But that is true also for a going to trial. You will never have both sides accept a verdict of guilty or not guilty. One side always claims in Justice and disputes the outcome.
in America it is the “presumption ” of Innocent until proven guilty. to many people do not know this and get it wrong.
<<<In America it is supposed to be… Innocent until proven guilty.
And it is. He's guilty and has been sentenced.
“not happy”
Do you know for sure that these girls had his hands on them?
You have already chosen your verdict without hearing the evidence.
In America it is supposed to be… Innocent until proven guilty.
This is one of those tragic stories where the truth will never be known or accepted. If the accusations are correct, these young people need professional help. If they are false, these young people need professional help. It sort of a no win either way. The same with the teacher. His future is forever changed and uncertain because of these accusations. If they are true he needs professional help and if they are false he needs all sorts of help because of the tainted way he will be viewed. If the two young ladies ever recant their accounts, there will always be those thinking differently. The sad story is that only 3 people know the truth and it’s 2 against 1. Guess who always is believed. I don’t know this teacher or the girls but in following this story for a couple of years, it smacks of a modern day lynching. Is this the first time this time this has happened at this school and we’re not the accused always non locals? Just saying smells funny. Good luck to the teacher and the girls
Probation is not enough for CHILD MOLESTATION. disgusting. The poor girls whom of which he put his hands on should be the ones receiving mental health counseling/therapy because they will be dealing with and carrying this baggage for quite possibly their whole lives. He deserves prison.
I have no idea as to the guilt or innocence of this man. What I do know is too often, prosecutors, wanting to enhance their resumes, instill into charged persons, such a great fear of being convicted and having to serve long sentences, that people agree to plea down, EVEN THOUGH THEY DID NOTHING WRONG. When prosecutors have a strong case, they usually don’t offer plea downs. The entire INjustice system is corrupt to the core, and is designed to keep feeding the system-to be self-perpetuating. Think jobs, jobs, jobs. As I said, I don’t know the guilt or innocence of this man, but the Injustice system is too often justice for the “Just Us” elites, and injustice for the rest of us.