A judge has denied a request for release from a Villager arrested this past November in a SWAT standoff at her home.
Jana Stafinsky, 53, continues to be held without bond following the nearly five-hour standoff Nov. 20 at her home at 2186 Broxton Place in the Village of Ashland.
Stafinsky, who fired her attorney from the public defender’s office, is acting as her own attorney and had drafted a pro se motion seeking her release. A judge this past week in Sumter County Court, denied the motion.
In the handwritten motion, Stafinsky had ticked off a long list of health complaints and indicated she needs to see an orthopedic foot specialist and requires physical therapy. She complained that the jail has not provided her with a wheelchair or mobility scooter. She argued that she should be released on her own recognizance and is not a flight risk…