ORLANDO, Fla. — A Volusia County convicted sex offender whose release on bond drew condemnation from the mother of the victim and the county sheriff had his bond revoked Monday morning.

Mark Fugler, a former Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University professor, was ordered back in custody and will begin serving his 15-year sentence immediately while awaiting appeal of his conviction.

"I cannot tell you how happy I am for the family. This is who it's all about at the end of the day," Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said Monday. "It's about the victim, and it's about her family."

The state went head to head with Fugler’s attorney last week during a hearing in which the victim’s mother spoke, saying how she ran into Fugler at a Publix store just a week before. 

Despite being convicted, Fugler was granted what is called a supersedeas bond, which allowed him to put off serving his sentence while he waits for his appeal.

"This was traumatic for me as an adult, but as a child, what if my daughter was with me?" the victim's mother said. "How would she handle it and how would I handle it with her? How on Earth can this be within the law to let this happen?”

"I think there is no place Mark should be then back behind bars or worse. As a judge, I beg you to look harder and look longer to find it is within the law keep Mark behind bars during his appeal," she said.

Chitwood thinks that is was ultimately led the judge to change his mind. 

"I personally think that the mom's testimony was so emotional and so impactful that anybody that saw that... If you looked at that, how could you not be moved to say, 'I may have made the wrong decision here.' "

While Fugler is now serving his time, the sheriff now looks at the work that still needs to be done so that this can never happen again. 

"This isn’t over yet. Our legislative delegation is going to make sure that the law is changed so that when somebody is convicted of these crimes, they cannot get out of jail pending their appeal."

He hopes that way, the 10-year-old victim can truly have justice and live in peace. 

"The young lady is a beautiful, smart young girl who doesn’t have to live in fear now to go outside and play or do all the things she did before these horrible things happened to her, because the person responsible for them is behind bars has been convicted and is now inside his jail cell where he belongs," Chitwood said.

In a statement, the family said, "It's been three long years, fighting his attorneys tooth and nail, and we finally feel that today we have gotten a measure of justice for our little girl.

"We will be eternally grateful to Judge Hutcheson for his fair and courageous decision; to Ashley Terwilleger, RJ Larizza and the entire staff at the State Attorney's Office for their tireless work in bringing this case to a positive conclusion. We are so incredibly thankful to the Ormond Beach Police Department and Detective Kist, and to Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood for not allowing this injustice to go unnoticed. And of course, we would be remiss in not thanking the community for their unwavering support."