Pierceton Man Sentenced In Criminal Confinement
October 26, 2018 at 9:04 p.m.
Pierceton Man Sentenced In Criminal Confinement
By David [email protected]
Under a plea deal, Shawn Lee Jefferson, 41, was sentenced in Kosciusko County Circuit Court to six years each for criminal confinement and battery by means of a deadly weapon. The sentences are to be served in the Department of Corrections concurrent and consecutively to another case.
Jefferson was arrested Feb. 5 for failure to appear, criminal confinement and on a warrant in a civil matter. His preliminary bond was set at $24,737.40. Court documents listed the original counts against him as criminal confinement, a level 3 felony; battery while armed with a deadly weapon, a level 5 felony; and obstruction of justice, a level 6 felony. The obstruction charge was dropped as part of the plea agreement.
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The incident began Dec. 19, when Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department received a report that a motorist behind a gray vehicle when the trunk lid popped open and the motorist saw a man inside, according to court documents. The man was bleeding from the head and appeared to have severe injuries. Officers searched the area but did not find the vehicle or the man.
Three hours later, the Noble County Sheriff’s Department received information of a man bleeding from the head on a road in Noble County near Indian Village. He was identified as Eric Crum, no age or address provided.
Crum reported he went to Jefferson’s residence to meet Heather Kay Hersha, Pierceton, who had invited him over. When Crum walked inside Jefferson’s residence, he was jumped by two men, who hit him and tried to knock him out, according to court documents.
The blow did not render Crum unconscious and a fight ensued. During that fight, Crum bit off part of Jefferson’s finger.
Jefferson admitted he was in a fight with “a guy named Eric” and the guy bit his finger off. He also told officers that earlier in the evening Freddy Roberts had been in the residence, court documents state.
The men who jumped Crum, Jefferson, Hersha and a man named Frankie tied Crum up and held him captive at the Jefferson residence, court documents state.
Crum told officers that after he was tied up, Hersha and Jefferson put him in the trunk of his vehicle and drove him to an unknown location.
Hersha and Jefferson drove to a wooded area and parked. After they left, Crum got out of the trunk and fled through the wooded area to a road.
Court documents do not explain why Crum was attacked.
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Under a plea deal, Shawn Lee Jefferson, 41, was sentenced in Kosciusko County Circuit Court to six years each for criminal confinement and battery by means of a deadly weapon. The sentences are to be served in the Department of Corrections concurrent and consecutively to another case.
Jefferson was arrested Feb. 5 for failure to appear, criminal confinement and on a warrant in a civil matter. His preliminary bond was set at $24,737.40. Court documents listed the original counts against him as criminal confinement, a level 3 felony; battery while armed with a deadly weapon, a level 5 felony; and obstruction of justice, a level 6 felony. The obstruction charge was dropped as part of the plea agreement.
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The incident began Dec. 19, when Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department received a report that a motorist behind a gray vehicle when the trunk lid popped open and the motorist saw a man inside, according to court documents. The man was bleeding from the head and appeared to have severe injuries. Officers searched the area but did not find the vehicle or the man.
Three hours later, the Noble County Sheriff’s Department received information of a man bleeding from the head on a road in Noble County near Indian Village. He was identified as Eric Crum, no age or address provided.
Crum reported he went to Jefferson’s residence to meet Heather Kay Hersha, Pierceton, who had invited him over. When Crum walked inside Jefferson’s residence, he was jumped by two men, who hit him and tried to knock him out, according to court documents.
The blow did not render Crum unconscious and a fight ensued. During that fight, Crum bit off part of Jefferson’s finger.
Jefferson admitted he was in a fight with “a guy named Eric” and the guy bit his finger off. He also told officers that earlier in the evening Freddy Roberts had been in the residence, court documents state.
The men who jumped Crum, Jefferson, Hersha and a man named Frankie tied Crum up and held him captive at the Jefferson residence, court documents state.
Crum told officers that after he was tied up, Hersha and Jefferson put him in the trunk of his vehicle and drove him to an unknown location.
Hersha and Jefferson drove to a wooded area and parked. After they left, Crum got out of the trunk and fled through the wooded area to a road.
Court documents do not explain why Crum was attacked.
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