A Cocoa Beach man has been sentenced to 15 years for sexually battering and beating a victim in 2022, closing out a case that began when officers found the victim severely injured inside a home on South Orlando Avenue. Isaiah Burrows, who was 26 at the time, changed his plea from not guilty to no contest just days before the sentencing.
According to WFTV, court documents show Burrows entered his new plea on Nov. 9, shifting course after years of maintaining his innocence. He was sentenced to 15 years in jail for one count of sexual battery, with that time to be served at the Brevard County Jail, the outlet reported. Separately, he received a 1,566-day sentence for false imprisonment and domestic battery, credited with time served, per the same court records.
Prosecutors dropped three of Burrows's other charges as part of the resolution, court documents cited by the station show. He had originally been charged with two counts of sexual battery, attempted first-degree murder, criminal mischief, false imprisonment, and domestic battery by strangulation, all stemming from the same 2022 incident.
What Officers Found That Night
The case traces back to the early hours of July 28, 2022, when Burrows was arrested in Cocoa Beach. Cocoa Beach police had responded to the 600 block of South Orlando Avenue, where they found a victim who had been severely beaten, the station's report notes.
Investigators determined that Burrows had beaten, strangled, sexually battered, and held the victim against her will for hours, according to the same account. A contemporaneous report from the time of his arrest, cited by Yahoo News, said Burrows was being held at the Brevard County Jail without bond in the days after his arrest.
A Plea That Reversed Course
For years after his arrest, Burrows pleaded not guilty to the full slate of charges against him, the station's report indicates. That changed earlier this month when he entered his no-contest plea, a shift that preceded the sentencing by just days.
The resolution closes a case that had remained open since the 2022 assault, with the underlying court filings detailing both the sentence for the sexual battery charge and the separate term for false imprisonment and domestic battery.
