A repeat violent offender was sentenced in violation of probation for a felony burglary and battery case in Central Florida.
After two hours of testimony and final arguments, 31-year-old Darien Andrew Hauter was sentenced to 20 years in the Florida Department of Corrections, after being found guilty of violating his probation on the original charges of; Burglary of a Dwelling with Battery, two counts of False Imprisonment, Felony Fleeing or Attempting to Elude, and two counts of Child Abuse in Judge Joel D. Fritton’s courtroom.
Hauter was on pretrial release at the time of his original offense for a separate felony domestic battery case and was rearrested on July 29, 2025, by Citrus County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) deputies for Domestic Battery by Strangulation.
That day, CCSO deputies responded to a park area in downtown Inverness in response to numerous reports of a disturbance involving a male and female. When law enforcement arrived, they were unable to make contact with the parties involved, but did identify the male as the defendant and the female as the victim…