An erratic motorist on North Bay Boulevard in Anna Maria has entered a pretrial intervention program in 12th Judicial Circuit Court.
Amandia Hester Sharbono, 31, of Zephyrhills, was arrested in July by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office after a citizen’s report of a swerving vehicle in Anna Maria.
Judge Andrew Owens Jr. ordered Sharbono into drug court Nov. 20. And on Dec. 11, she entered a no-contest plea and contract for six months, requiring her to refrain from using alcohol and drugs and to report regularly to a probation officer.
She’d faced third-degree felony charges of possession of cocaine and a prescription drug, Dilaudid, without a prescription, in addition to misdemeanor paraphernalia charges.
Upon successful completion of the contract, Sharbono will be allowed to withdraw her plea and charges will be dismissed.
Drug court uses such pretrial intervention programs to break the cycle of drugs and crime.