The suspect had previous run-ins with Flagler County deputies

The prosecution had sought a 20-year sentence for 45-year-old Matthew Nesbitt.

Robert Kelley, 61, said he'd taken the drugs in order to turn them over to police.

Sam Christopher Andolina raped and molested the girl at her Palm Coast home in December, according to a charging affidavit.

Numerous packages of drugs have been found between St. Augustine and New Smyrna Beach.

Deputies who worked at the courthouse been disciplined over a variety of alleged offenses, including using racial slurs.