Jupiter dad who kept teen in garage guilty of abuse

Also convicted of false imprisonment, child neglect Luke Bryan show to help Jupiter High band compete in state championship

Jurors on Thursday found a Jupiter father guilty of aggravated child abuse after police said he and his wife confined one of their four children to a locked room in his garage for hours at a time.

The six-person jury aggravated child abusealso found Timothy Ferriter guilty of false imprisonment and child neglect. Circuit Judge Howard Coates will decide Ferriter’s sentence on Nov. 16. He faces up to 40 years in prison.

Ferriter chose not to testify in his own defense. His team relied on testimony from family friends and a child psychologist, who described his behavior as misguided but not criminal.

After the verdict, Ferriter briefly hugged and consoled his wife, Tracy, before court deputies led him away.

Tracy Ferriter faces a separate trial on abuse allegations involving the same child. She sat in the courtroom for most

JUPITER – The Jupiter High School marching band has had goals all semester: new instruments, a trip to the championships in Clearwater and hopefully a state title. Now it has an infusion of cash to help make them happen.

A local nonprofit that raises money to support local musicians, Save Our Musicians, donated $15,000 to the 99strong Spirit of Jupiter as the students rehearsed their state championships routine on the football field on Monday afternoon.

The band radiated with bright smiles and musical flair as they played trumpets,

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Off State Road A1A along the Intracoastal Waterway, just north of Tequesta, between Tiki 52 restaurant and Blue Pointe Bar and Grill.

Go to saveourmusicians.org. horns and drums, danced and threw flags during the routine.

The money came from the nonprofit itself that will donate additional proceeds of ticket sales from the benefit show that country music star Luke Bryan will stage along State Road A1A near

Jupiter on Nov. 18.

The move makes Jupiter High music program is the third in Palm Beach County helped by the show, which also is raising money for Bak Middle School of the Arts and Dreyfoos School of the Arts, both in West Palm Beach.

The show will take place in a waterfront parking lot in southern Martin County, just across from Tequesta. Tickets at its dinner tables — which include a full sit-down meal — will start at $1,500 and run as high as $3,000 for those closest to the stage. Standingroom-only tickets will sell for $1,000 and include optional add-ons for food and drinks.

Timothy Ferriter of Jupiter was found guilty of child abuse, child neglect and false imprisonment of a teen child.

PHOTOS BY THOMAS CORDY/PALM BEACH POST Tracy Ferriter of Jupiter prepares to leave court without her husband, Timothy Ferriter, after he was found guilty in the aggravated child abuse jury trial against him at the Palm Beach County Courthouse in downtown West Palm Beach on Thursday.

MAYA WASHBURN/ALM BEACH POST Jupiter High School marching band members Connor Murphy, left, Camille Lyn and Kat Jones play their xylophones during practice on Monday, the day the band received a $15,000 grant from the nonprofit Save Our Musicians.