Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies on Monday arrested 59-year-old Terry Lee Jackson, an unregistered sexual predator who was working for a subcontractor at the construction site of the new Sheriff’s Operations Center.
Deputies also arrested 20-year-old Korarise Daishon Hill, a Flagler County resident wanted in Volusia on a probation violation. He was arrested at the Flagler County probation office, where he was required to report.
Jackson, of 1234 Avenue E in Ormond Beach, is being held at the county jail on $25,000 bond and won’t be returning to the constructions site: he’s been trespassed. He was convicted of raping a child he was responsible for in 2004 in St. Johns County, and sentenced to eight years in prison. He had various other convictions–for grand theft, burglary, and several failures to register as a predator.
Hill is being held on no bond, as is the case on probation violations until a court hearing.
A sheriff’s release at first related that Hill was on probation for first-degree murder before correcting that to attempted first degree murder and attempted armed robbery, to which he pleaded in February 2018.
He committed the crimes when he was 15 at Dewey Boster Park in Deltona on April 13, 2017, when he attempted to rob another teen and shot at him and his friend as they ran off. Neither was injured, and one of them, who had grown up with Hill, almost immediately picked him out of a line-up, leading to Hill’s arrest.
Since Hill was 15 at the time of the offense, and since he pleaded, his sentence reflected the fact: he was sentenced as a youthful offender. He got four years in prison, with credit for almost a year’s time already served, followed by two years of community control, according to his sentencing document. Circuit Judge Raul Zambrano, who had formerly served on Flagler’s felony bench, and who is not known as one of the circuit’s severest judges, sentenced Hill.
“Hill was on Supervised Release for First Degree Murder Charge,” the sheriff’s release states. “He violated his probation with Changing Employment without Permission, Leaving the County without Permission, Failure to Pay Court Costs, Failure to Pay for Drug Test Fee, Failure to Complete Public Service Hours and Failure to Comply with Curfew, resulting in a warrant signed for his arrest on June 1.” All accurate, according to his probation-violation report, but the reference to the first degree murder charge.
The sheriff appears to have been fed poor information about Hill. “While I don’t know the facts of the Volusia County murder case how the hell can a 20-year old murderer be on probation,” Sheriff Rick Staly was quoted as saying in the release. “This guy is obviously dangerous and decided to violate his probation and not adhere to the judge’s orders. Coming to Flagler County certainly wasn’t the right move, either.”
In fact, Hill is a Flagler County resident, required to live at 33 Powder Hill Lane. He had gotten a job at San Diego Grill on South Williamson Boulevard in Volusia County without his probation office’s permission. Before his arrest in 2017, he had been found guilty of burglary and four misdemeanors.
Last September, he wrote the judge to request termination of his community control, or at least a modification of it. “i’ve been succesful so far,” Hill wrote, “I pass all of my drug and alcohol test I am very compliant.” He said he’d completed all his sanctions but for his required community hours because “every place I call they wont accept me [due] to covid being an on going pandemic. Its just hard being on CC for so long it feels like its holding me back, I understand the decisions I made in the past are what placed me on it in the first place so theirs no excuses on that behalf. I’ve even received my diploma which was one of my sanctions, I started taking college classes when I first came home from prison, but between work, and Juggling CC I had to stop going to college it just became to much to handle, I’ve even had great jobs when I came home from prison but as soon as my CC officer shows up or calls I get let go, Now its like im forced to work in a restaurant.”
He asked the judge for “regular probation” so he could complete his trade education. “I know I’ve changed and for the better I would love to go back to college and finish my electrical certificate. I can feel so many opportunities waiting for me I just feel like I am being held back.”
His probation officer, Jaddie Foggie, acknowledged Hill’s progress, but sought to defer changes to his community control. “So far Mr. Hill has been compliant with obtaining his GED, but he needs to fulfill completing his 100 community service hours and paying off his monetary obligations,” the officer wrote. The State Attorney’s Office objected because Hill had a prior probation violation.
Two weeks later, the judge granted Hill’s wish and switched him to regular probation.
Hill has not re-offended since the shooting at the park in Deltona. But on June 1, his probation office filed the latest probation violation report.
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Stretchem says
Sheriff, give the kid a voucher and help him attain some sort of job at the construction site over the next year. I assure you he won’t let you down and will remember the ghesture the rest of his life.
Out of prison, every possible strike against him, Covid. Still making it through despite the odds. Be the change. Give’m a hand. Sounds like that’s all he needs to get into the next chapter of his life.
Dihart57 says
“He violated his probation with Changing Employment without Permission, Leaving the County without Permission, Failure to Pay Court Costs, Failure to Pay for Drug Test Fee, Failure to Complete Public Service Hours and Failure to Comply with Curfew, resulting in a warrant signed for his arrest on June 1.”
. It sounds to me like he didn’t fully understand the stipulations of his
probation, and/or he was trying to earn enough money to pay his fees
and court costs, wherever and whenever he could legally do so.
“i’ve been succesful so far,” Hill wrote, “I pass all of my drug and alcohol test I am very compliant.” He said he’d completed all his sanctions but for his required community hours because “every place I call they wont accept me [due] to covid being an on going pandemic. Its just hard being on CC for so long it feels like its holding me back, I understand the decisions I made in the past are what placed me on it in the first place so theirs no excuses on that behalf. I’ve even received my diploma which was one of my sanctions, I started taking college classes when I first came home from prison, but between work, and Juggling CC I had to stop going to college it just became to much to handle, I’ve even had great jobs when I came home from prison but as soon as my CC officer shows up or calls I get let go, Now its like im forced to work in a restaurant.”
. Having mentored someone in the past, I know that many places will not
provide community service opportunities to felons. And those that do
have very limited hours available.
. He completed his GED and began college courses until it became too much
too handle all at once.
. Most importantly, it sounds like he realizes that he is in this difficult
situation through his own poor decisions in the past. And it sounds like he
now realizes that those decisions were wrong.
He asked the judge for “regular probation” so he could complete his trade education. “I know I’ve changed and for the better I would love to go back to college and finish my electrical certificate. I can feel so many opportunities waiting for me I just feel like I am being held back.”
Isn’t rehabilitation the primary goal of probation and supervised release? Or is it
merely a revenue-maker for the County? Why are people who sincerely want to
put the past behind them and better themselves to become contributing members
of our society so impeded by all of the red-tape and unfair decisions of the people who are supposed to be working towards rehabilitation, rather than encouraging recidivism?
Hill has not re-offended since the shooting at the park in Deltona. He asked the judge for “regular probation” so he could complete his trade education. “I know I’ve changed and for the better I would love to go back to college and finish my electrical certificate. I can feel so many opportunities waiting for me I just feel like I am being held back.”
Destiny Lowe says
Thank you so very much for this. My son has struggled with work and getting transportation to re-enroll in college with only a couple of months let and now they want to violate. He’s had 5+ probation officers and all have worked w/him and helped him until this recent officer who seemed adamant about violating him. She actually gave him until June 20th to pay his fees and start some of his hours but violated him on June 1st which is completely beyond me at this point.
Ladii83 says
Mr. Hill should be given a public apology for the misinformation initially posted making him look like an extremely violent criminal. People (children) makes mistakes and have poor judgment, mostly influenced by their peers but Hill has shown that he has taken responsibility for his actions, served more than half his time and is just trying to get back to the life he has now as an adult. The problem with a lot of these Probation Officers is the fact that they just want to get paid. Most do not really believe in this “rehabilitation” notion that the judges try to perceive. They give you all of these stipulations, regulations and requirements but forget the charges attached to the individual having to comply. Companies cannot see the reports, all they know is what the individual is serving time for so as soon as they see “felon” the deny employment, leaving the individual with the only option of accepting whatever job hires him whether in county out not because if they don’t hurry up and get employed, they get violated. It’s a major lose lose for the offender.
Ladii83 says
He actually has gone through about five different P.O’s during the past two yrs for whatever reason w/the office but every officer before this latest one has worked w/him, reviewed his paperwork and kept up with his job changes, whereabouts and money situations. This new officer which he met in May for the first time reinstated his community service hours and gave him an order to pay his court cost by June 20th but violated him on June 1st for being at work after 8pm but including all of his stipulation in the report although he had until September 4, 2022 to have things paid up and hours completed. This is his mom responding and I thank u so much for your response 🙏🏾
The Geode says
Yet this is the same clown that arrested and released a group of murderers that promptly went out and murdered again. Then again, the guy accused of murder at 15 and working to become a productive citizen is more of a threat than active gang members running around killing people. He didn’t want to be called a “racist” and receive the anger of the dozen people that would have had a problem in locking up murders that went on to kill again but “puff out his chest” for locking a kid up for a fucking “violation charge” FOH!