Lynchburg man gets 9 years in felonious assault, abduction case

A Lynchburg man indicted last month has been sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to felonious assault and abduction charges.

As previously reported, Robert G. Jackson, 57, was charged with felonious assault, a second-degree felony; domestic violence, a third-degree felony; and abduction, also a third-degree felony.

The indictment alleged that on or about Feb. 28, Jackson “did knowingly cause serious physical harm” to a victim and that he “did … by force or threat, restrain the liberty” of the victim “under circumstances which create a risk of physical harm” or place the victim “in fear.”

According to court documents, Jackson pleaded guilty May 4 to the felonious assault and abduction charges, with the count of domestic violence dismissed.

A bill of particulars alleged that in February, a Highland County Sheriff’s deputy responded to a residence after the victim was heard screaming for help on an open-line 911 call. Upon officers’ arrival, the victim reported that Jackson had hit the victim, slammed the victim’s head into a door and beat the victim with a chair. A “large amount of blood” was observed in the residence, with the victim reportedly “bleeding profusely” from the head.

The victim was “later diagnosed with multiple injuries,” the bill of particulars says, including broken bones, a laceration, a puncture wound and concussion, which resulted in various medical procedures, including surgery, stitches and staples.

Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss sentenced Jackson to a definite determinate term of seven years on the felonious assault charge, consecutive to two years for the abduction charge, for a total of nine years in prison. Jackson had 65 days of jail time credit.