December 16, 2025
PRESS RELEASE
State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden announces that on December 16, 2025, 84-year-old Carl Wayne Castleberry was found guilty of violating his probation and sentenced to 30 years in state prison by Circuit Judge John Miller.
Castleberry was on probation for two counts of Lewd or Lascivious Conduct for abusing a young female relative. In September 2019, he pled guilty and was sentenced to 50 months in state prison to be followed by 25 years of Sex Offender probation. He was released from prison in August of 2022. By October of 2025, his probation officer discovered that Castleberry had been viewing pornography in violation of his probation conditions.
Assistant State Attorney Erin Ambrose prosecuted the case at trial. For further information, please contact the State Attorney’s Office at 850-595-4512.
