- May 17, 2024
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A woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for her role in a 2021 robbery in which her fellow robber was shot and killed by their victim.
Taylor Manjarres, then 18, had plotted with 24-year-old Kwentel Moultrie and 23-year-old Zaire Roberts to rob a drug dealer at the dealer's R-Section house in December 2021.
The plan was for Roberts to distract the drug dealer the night of Dec. 29, 2021, while Manjarres and Moultrie stole drugs. But it didn't work: Roberts twice shot the dealer in the leg, and the dealer shot back, killing Roberts, according to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office. The drug dealer lived, and law enforcement officers determined that he'd fired his gun in self-defense.
Under Florida law, people involved in certain felony crimes that lead to a death can be charged with felony murder for that death.
Manjarres pleaded guilty to second-degree felony murder and armed burglary in May 2023. Circuit Judge Terence Perkins sentenced her during a hearing on Sept. 26. She will receive credit for 579 days already served in jail, according to court records.
Moultrie pleaded no contest to second-degree felony murder and was sentenced on Sept. 14 to 35 years in prison, which he will serve consecutively with 10 years for an unrelated charge of sexual battery.
