Casey Anthony isn’t completely free just yet
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Casey Anthony, the Florida woman recently acquitted of murder in the death of daughter Caylee Anthony, can’t completely come and go as she pleases just yet. She must report to the state’s Department of Corrections by the end of the month, a judge has ruled.
The order has nothing to do with the highly publicized trial involving the death of her 2-year-old. Instead, a judge ruled Friday that Anthony, whereabouts currently unknown, must begin serving a one-year probation for check-fraud convictions.
In 2010, Anthony was convicted of check fraud and other related charges and was sentenced by Judge Stan Strickland to time served in jail followed by one year of probation, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
But the Florida Department of Corrections began her probation while she was an inmate at the state’s Orange County Jail awaiting her first-degree murder trial.
Her probation ended Jan. 24. So when Anthony was acquitted last month of the charges, she was released from jail -- officially a free woman.
But then Strickland said Anthony was actually supposed to serve her probation after her release from jail. Video and transcripts from the January 2010 sentencing supported his statements.
Orange-Osceola Chief Judge Belvin Perry heard arguments from Anthony’s defense, but ordered her to report to the Department of Corrections no later than Aug. 26.
Anthony’s whereabouts remain unknown publicly. She did not have to attend last week’s hearing. As part of the order, Anthony’s address will remain confidential.
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