A Florida woman will likely spend multiple decades behind bars for the death of a deputy – though she did not fire the shot that killed him.

On Thursday, Cheryl Lynn Williams , 49, was found guilty by a Polk County jury on all counts against her, including murder in the second degree , resisting an officer without violence, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of methamphetamine.

In October 2022, the defendant was arrested on 13 felony charges after Polk County Sheriff's Office Deputy Blane Lane, 21, was shot and killed by friendly fire while part of a four-person team serving a felony arrest warrant on Williams at her residence in Polk City – a small town located roughly 40 miles southwest of Orlando.

At the time

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