Overview

• Daniel Hernandez pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor battery specification tied to an Aug. 8 altercation at Palm Beach County Mall in Florida.
• U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer denied prosecutors’ request to jail him and imposed home detention with electronic monitoring.
• Prosecutors say Hernandez and another person kicked and punched a third man, and he admitted acting without legal justification.
• Defense attorney Lance Lazzaro contends Hernandez was provoked by threats, a gun display, and being called a snitch before the fight.
• The violation will be considered alongside his July guilty pleas to possessing cocaine and MDMA from a March Miami search and prior sanctions that included a 45-day jail term last November.