Man Tells Court He Could Change Plea in Murder Case in Exchange for Cheesesteak, Pepsi
Kessler faces first-degree murder and abuse of a dead body charges after a judge rejected his offer to plead guilty for a cheesesteak.
- On Monday, defendant Robert Kessler, 74, offered to plead guilty to murder charges in exchange for a Philly cheesesteak, fries, and a soda during jury selection in Tampa, Florida.
- Kessler is accused of killing 47-year-old Stephanie Crone-Overholt, whose remains were discovered in McKay Bay in 2021; the case has been delayed for five years as Hillsborough County's oldest pending trial.
- Representing himself despite vision impairment, Kessler specified onions, mayonnaise, and a 20-ounce Pepsi with his meal to 'save the taxpayers'; Hillsborough Circuit Judge Nick Nazaretian denied the request, saying he had never heard such a proposal in almost 40 years.
- Nazaretian told Kessler he could enter an open plea to accept a life sentence, stating 'I can't obviously give food to people to enter a plea.' Kessler then asked to proceed with jury selection.
- Kessler faces a mandatory life sentence if convicted on first-degree murder and abuse of a dead body charges, while representing himself despite his high school education and no legal experience.
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In Florida, Monday, October 26, Robert Kessler offered to plead guilty to the murder of a woman in exchange for a sandwich, fries and a soda, an offer that the judge shunned.
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