Plea deal: Jacksonville officer's ex to testify in his murder case
A Jacksonville police officer's ex-wife, arrested with him in July on charges of killing a convenience store owner in 1999, accepted a plea deal Friday in exchange for testifying against him, the State Attorney's Office said. Melissa Jo Schafer, 51, jailed along with William Robert Baer Jr. on second-degree murder and armed-robbery charges, agreed to testify in the stabbing death of 39-year-old Saad Kawaf, the State Attorney's Office said. With Public Defender Charlie Cofer at her side, a tearful Schafer confirmed her voluntary pleas to Circuit Court Judge Gilbert Feltel Jr. "Are you ent...