A Florida man will spend 40 years in prison after an argument over a car sold on Facebook Marketplace ended with a deadly attack, Law and Crime reported.
Joseph Michael Lynch, 47, pleaded no contest Thursday, Oct. 22, to second-degree murder and burglary with assault or battery. Circuit Judge Brantley Clark sentenced him to 40 years on each charge. He will serve both sentences at the same time.
The trouble started with a vehicle. Lynch bought it from Kenny Dale Ashby, 33, through Facebook Marketplace, but it did not come with a title. A title is the paper that proves who owns a vehicle. Ashby promised to find it, but Lynch became angry that it was taking so long, Yahoo! said…