GREEN COVE SPRINGS – Authorities have extradited a South Carolina man to Clay County for a parole violation charge that could result in a 30-year prison sentence.

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office transported Jerry Fred Daniels, 20, to Green Cove Springs last week where he will undergo a hearing on April 20 to determine if he broke the terms of his June 3, 2015 plea agreement for his connection with the death of CCSO detective David White.

Under terms of the agreement signed by Fourth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Don H. Lester, Daniels pled guilty to one count each of manslaughter, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of codeine. In the document, he also agreed to not engage in criminal activity or associate with others engaged in criminal activity.

The Newberry County, S.C. Sheriff’s Office arrested Daniels on Feb. 20, 2016 for one count each of possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance, therefore breaking grounds of his Clay County plea deal. Shortly after the arrest, South Carolina probation officials notified Florida probation officials regarding the violation and a warrant was issued for Daniels’ arrest.

According to the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office, Daniels was a passenger in an SUV that had stopped at a Citgo gas station on South Carolina Highway121 in Newberry on Feb. 20. According to the probation violation report, South Carolina deputies came onto the scene and witnessed the driver and another man arguing with a woman who told police she wanted to stop because they had been driving all night.

“The male subject stated the female got out of the car anyway and took the car keys making him angry, therefore they began to argue all over the Citgo parking lot,” states the report.

When deputies searched the car, they seized 3.1 grams of cannabis, a marijuana pipe and a second plastic bag containing five whole Xanax pills along with multiple broken pieces of the anti-anxiety drug located on the floorboard behind the driver’s seat. Police said all four people denied knowledge of the marijuana and pills.

“The offender is 20 years old, and still has not learned from his actions,” writes Stacy Francisco, senior probation officer. “His current charges are drug charges, he still associates himself with individuals involved in criminal activity, therefore showing complete disrespect to the court system, as well as to the family of the victim. The defendant’s supervision should be revoked and he should be sentenced to the maximum prison sentenced allowed.”

Daniels was 16 when he was arrested in the White shooting and had been originally charged with one count of third degree murder and possession of a controlled substance with intent to manufacture, sell and distribute. By entering the plea agreement, Daniels averted a trial scheduled for Aug. 3, 2015. While the investigation showed Daniels did not shoot White, Florida law allows murder charges to be filed against other suspects who were present while a felony was committed.

Daniels was in a home at 4874 Alligator Blvd. in Middleburg the night of February 6, 2012 when Ted Arthur Tilley and detective David White were killed during an exchange of gunfire. Evidence showed Tilley was cooking methamphetamine in the home in which he and his girlfriend, Chasity Elaine Prescott, 38, of Middleburg, had been squatting, uninvited by the home’s owner. Prescott – Daniels’ mother – entered a plea agreement March 2, 2015 and was given three 50-year sentences.

After Daniels’ 2015 plea agreement hearing in Clay County, he went to live in Conway, S.C. with one of his grandparents while his five-year probation was transferred to authorities in South Carolina.

After Daniels’ 2015 sentencing, White’s widow, Jennifer White, shared a prepared statement she read at the hearing. She said her children will get to remember their father only through stories and pictures because of the tragedy that occurred that night.

“Our children are our greatest blessings and it is just wrong that Dave does not get the honor of watching them grow and flourish,” White wrote. “It is wrong that he never shared so many firsts – first birthdays, words, steps, dances, and days at school and we are just starting.”

She said Daniels appeared to not take any responsibility for his actions nor his involvement in the crime.

“While true, he had a terrible childhood, he made choices of his own free will,” Jennifer White wrote. “Being fatherless is no excuse. My children are now in that position as well through no fault or choice of their own.”

Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler, in responding to the sentencing on June 3, 2015 praised Jennifer White and the detective’s co-workers for enduring the grueling judicial process.

“The fourth and final defendant was sentenced today in the death of Detective David White. While you'll see coverage of the case on the news, and rightly so, we focus our thoughts instead on remembering Detective White and on his contributions to our agency and community. We are proud of the entire White Family and of Dave's colleagues whose strong character and resolve carried them through the long court process,” Beseler said, in a prepared statement. “As stated many times by Dave’s widow Jennifer and echoed by us all, it is not how Dave died but how he lived that made him a hero.”

Daniels will be held in the Clay County Jail until the probation violation hearing.