Sofia Koval, a 14-year-old girl charged in the fatal beating of her grandmother in May in South Florida, was sentenced to a maximum-risk rehabilitation program for up to 36 months, a Broward County judicial assistant confirmed Wednesday.
Her sentence went into effect immediately, according to Broward County court records.
After serving the maximum sentence in the program, Koval will be under community supervision until age 21, although she is expected to be transferred to federal custody for deportation to her native country of Ukraine since she is not a U.S. citizen, South Florida prosecutors said.