A man found guilty of assaulting a law enforcement officer was sentenced to probation Monday and will not have to go back to jail.

Noel Carter was found guilty of assaulting an Orlando Police officer last month after jurors watched videos of two OPD officers attempting to arrest Carter in June 2015. Several videos show Carter being pepper-sprayed and kicked by police after he fled during his attempted arrest.

The guilty sentence could have resulted in several years in jail. But the State Attorney's Office and Judge Julie H. O'Kane surprised those at the sentencing hearing Monday, saying Carter was a contributing member of society who did not need to serve any more jail time.

During the hearing, four witnesses took the stand on Carter's behalf, including Carter himself.

"I come to you at my most humble and seek mercy," Carter said pleaded with O'Kane for leniency in the sentencing process.

Carter also admitted to wrongdoing during the hearing.

"What I wish I could do so desperately would be to change some of the things that I did that night June 4, 2015," he said.

Although he was found guilty of assaulting a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest, the State Attorney's Office asked O'Kane to consider time served and probation as punishment enough in this case.

O'Kane took the requests further by withholding adjudication on both counts, which means after Carter completes his probationary sentence, both the felony and misdemeanor charges will not be reflected on his record.

"Withholding adjudication would afford you the ability to work, and a felony conviction would not," she told him.

O'Kane said she chose to withhold adjudication because a felony on his record would prevent him from keeping his licenses and certifications as an investment banker in South Florida. She highlighted Carter's lack of criminal history and said she thinks this situation was unique for Carter and the Orlando Police Department.

"The events that occurred on the night in question are, at least in my view, not indicative of the entire Orlando Police Department. I think the Orlando Police Department does a really good job at keeping our community safe.

"Probation may be appropriate in the case where the person made a mistake but they don't think they will commit a crime again in the future, and I believe that is you," she said.

Carter will now have to serve 200 hours of community service, pay hundreds in fines and be on four years of probation during which he is not allowed to drink.

The judge also ordered Carter to write two letters of apology to Officer David Cruz and retired Officer Charles Mays.

"I wouldn't recommend that anybody involves themselves in a situation like this," Carter said. "Like I told the judge, I regret things that happened that night. I wish events of that night had transpired differently. Fortunately, enough justice has prevailed," Carter said.

While his family celebrates, Carter said he realizes without video of the 2015 incident, there may have been a different outcome.

"I could be going back to washing cars the rest of my life. Having their word against yours -- before the advent of video, before audio recordings, before everything that we have now that makes life so easy — I don't know where I would be."

Carter's attorneys said this may not be over just yet. They said they're going to look into the connection the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Orlando Police and the State Attorney's Office had during the investigation.