74-year-old Robert Kessler appeared before Hillsborough Circuit Judge Nick Nazaretian on Monday, Oct appeared before Hillsborough Circuit Judge Nick Nazaretian on Monday, October 26, for jury selection in his murder trial on charges stemming from the 2021 death of Stephanie Crone-Overholt, 47.
A Florida man accused of killing and dismembering a woman told a judge he would plead guilty to the charges if given a cheesesteak and other snacks of his choice.
Kessler debated that for a few seconds. “That would be wrong in a thousand ways. Kessler is seen asking the judge later in the video if they can proceed with jury selection.
The judge asked Kessler to confirm, and he then doubled down by saying, “a Philly cheesesteak with onions on it and mayonnaise and fries and 20 oz. of peppers.
Court video shows that Nazaretian told Kessler he could enter an open plea and get “life in prison and be done with it. “I’ll do that for a Philly cheesesteak, and an order of fries and a Pepsi,” Kessler then told the court. “I can’t obviously give food to people to enter a plea,” said the judge. Kessler has chosen to represent himself in the trial, according to the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office, 13th Judicial Circuit. He is facing charges of first-degree murder and abuse of a dead body, according to online records reviewed by People.
I can guarantee you can have lunch today, but I can’t guarantee what it would be.
