October 29, 2025
PRESS RELEASE
(Walton County, Florida) Ginger Bowden Madden, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit of Florida, announces that on October 23rd, 2025, Defendant Daemond Keith Powers was sentenced by the Honorable Circuit Court Judge J. Ryan Love to 20 years in state prison with the Defendant being designated as a Sexual Offender. The sentence was the result of the Defendant entering a plea to one count of Sexual Battery (Deadly Weapon or Force Likely to Cause Serious Personal Injury), one count of False Imprisonment, and one count of Resisting Officer Without Violence.
The investigation and arrest were conducted by the Walton County Sheriff’s Office. The Walton County State Attorney’s Office prosecuted the case on behalf of Ginger Bowden Madden, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit of Florida. For further information, please contact the Walton County State Attorney’s Office at (850) 892-8080.
