Streamer Jack Doherty is facing three serious charges after being arrested over the weekend in Miami following a run-in with police while he was creating content.
When officers searched Doherty, they found "half of an orange oval shaped pill with a 3 on it," that was "consistent with" an amphetamine, per the arrest affidavit. They also uncovered three hand-rolled "suspected cannabis cigarettes."
Between finding the drugs and what they described as Doherty "refusing officers [sic] commands in a nonchalant manner," authorities ended up charging the streamer with three separate counts: possession of a controlled substance (for the amphetamine); possession of 20 grams or less of marijuana; and resisting an officer without violence to his or her person.
The first of those three charges is a third-degree felony, and the other two are first-degree misdemeanors. According to Florida law, third-degree felonies are punishable by "a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years," while a first-degree misdemeanor charge can get you up to one year.
If he's found guilty and gets the maximum sentence for each count, Doherty could be facing up to seven years in prison.
However, this is highly unlikely. A report from Measures for Justice that looked at Miami-Dade County data from 2012 to 2013 found a median prison sentence of 24 months for people who were convicted of nonviolent felonies and had no convictions in the state in the previous three years.
But very few cases even made it that far. The same report pointed out that fewer than 8.5 percent of that total group was sentenced to any amount of prison time at all, despite a conviction rate of over 58 percent.
Doherty has continued streaming since his arrest.
