MARION COUNTY, Fla. — The 17-year old Marion County boy who falsely claimed to be kidnapped is skipping the trial process.
Prosecutors say Caden Speight pleaded no contest Thursday morning. He will be sentenced at a later date after paperwork is finished.
The conditions of his plea are not yet known.
Speight was arrested last week on charges of presenting false evidence, shooting into a conveyance, making a false report of a crime, and possession of a firearm by a minor
Prosecutors charged him as a juvenile because of his age.
Investigators say Speight texted his mother to say he was kidnapped and shot last month. Detectives say he biked to a neighboring county and deliberately shot himself in the leg.
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