Teen In Polk Video Beating Case Gets Probation

News Channel 8 photo by ERIC HAUSMANN

Britney Mayes walks out of court with her attorney, Ellis Faught, right, after her sentencing for her role in the videotaped beating of Victoria Lindsay.

By CHIP OSOWSKI | News Channel 8
Published: March 05, 2009

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One of five Polk County teens accused of beating a classmate last March was sentenced this morning to one year of probation.

Britney Mayes was sentenced as a juvenile by Circuit Judge Keith Spoto at the Polk County courthouse in Bartow.

Mayes faced charges of battery, false imprisonment and kidnapping for her roles in the March 30 videotaped beating of Mulberry High School student Victoria Lindsay.

Mayes has to serve 50 hours of community service within the first six months of her probation and write Lindsay a letter of apology. Mayes also cannot have any contact with the Lindsay or her family, have contact with the media for profit and have a MySpace, Facebook or YouTube account for the next year.

Fellow defendant Mercades Nichols will have her sentencing hearing before Spoto on Friday.