A Florida couple will spend just shy of three decades behind bars for a brutal surprise attack that left an innocent man bruised and beaten, bleeding badly from his throat, and nearly drowned in a river.

In March, Natalie Fonseca, 27, and Nafis Reynolds, 31, pleaded no contest to one count each of attempted murder in the first degree, kidnapping, carjacking, robbery, arson, and tampering with evidence.

On Tuesday, in separate and lengthy hearings, the defendants were sentenced to 30 years in prison for each of the first four counts against them. Each sentence runs concurrently, or at the same time. Fonseca and Reynolds were also credited with 695 days spent in pretrial detention. The final two counts against them were covered by time served.

During the hearing, a deputy who identified h

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