A former Sarasota County deputy will serve time in prison and will be marked as a sexual predator for the rest of his life after being convicted on Friday, according to a news release. Scott Kelly was sentenced to a year and 10 months in prison followed by 38 months of sex offender probation after entering an open plea of one count of transmission of material harmful to minors, State Attorney Ed Brodsky announced Friday. Kelly was convicted of a crime he reportedly committed in November 2021, which was investigated by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. During the sentencing hearing on Thursday, the judge called Kelly a "predator in uniform." MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/crime/former-sarasota-deputy-scott-kelly-sexual-predator-conviction/67-2fa92206-c70d-4586-81d8-e07e36e234ea ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay