One Party Mishap Leads to Criminal Record for Coral Springs Senior
Back in 2008, an 11-year-old girl was almost abducted from her own bed. Timothy Schlafer, now 21, is currently going through a trial process for this incident. According to the Sun Sentinel, Schlafer’s excuse for the confusion was drugs.
Schlafer was a senior at Coral Springs High. He had been accepted to Florida Atlantic University through a scholarship. Prior to the accused abduction, Schlafer was at a party where he consumed a large amount of beer, Xanax and LSD. It was reported that Schlafer thought he had walked into his own home, but shouting police startled him and proved otherwise.
According to the police, the suspect walked into the townhome where the little girl slept and headed for the kitchen where he grabbed a knife. After he grabbed the girl from her bed, Schlafer headed back down the stairs and toward the front door. Fortunately, the little girl’s grandmother was awake, and she stopped Schlafer from leaving the house.
Armed burglary with battery and armed kidnapping were the charges that faced Schlafer, then 19-years-old. It was an option that the suspect receives life in prison, but he was saved by the grace of the girl’s family. They did not intend for the teenager to be behind bars for life. They just wanted justice for scaring the girl into not feeling safe in her own bed.
The trial judge sentenced Schlafer to twenty years of which he has currently served two. Thirty years probation is another punishment that will follow the suspect’s jail time. Schlafer will have no contact with the girl’s family, and he is not permitted to drink any kind of alcohol during his probation years.
The Sun Sentinel reported that Schlafer begged the judge to release him so he can marry his girlfriend and go back to school. All of Schlafer’s confusion and drug intake caused him to walk into the wrong house, and leave with handcuffs and police officers. The victim and her family have not been identified because the victim is a minor.
The suspect’s mother offered a personal apology to the girl and her family. The girl’s mother accepted the apology, but was still set on receiving justice. She reported that her daughter still does not feel safe in her bed, two years later, and they had to move out of the townhome that Schlafer invaded.
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