A Manatee County judge withheld adjudication after the state dropped charges against an Ellenton man arrested for fighting on a boat near Longboat Pass.
Tyler Murphy, 23, was sentenced to a one-year DUI or drug probation program, ordered to 50 hours of public service and required to enroll in an anger management class for battery.
Judge Brian Iten accepted the state attorney’s recommendation Nov. 7 and reduced a battery charge to a misdemeanor — battery to a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest with violence and child abuse.
The charges stemmed from Murphy allegedly punching a 16-year-old on the boat and shoving a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer.
Murphy was ordered to pay $1,480 in court costs and fines, records show.