Tire iron assault yields jail sentence

September 28, 2015
Simon Saldana with his attorney, Timothy Hayes (center) and Oceana County Assistant Prosecutor Jeffrey Kabot during circuit court hearing last month.

Simon Saldana with his attorney, Timothy Hayes (center) and Oceana County Assistant Prosecutor Jeffrey Kabot during a circuit court hearing last month.

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor.

HART — A 23-year-old Hesperia man convicted of one count of assault with a dangerous weapon stemming from an incident last June when he threatened and assaulted a male victim with a tire iron in Greenwood Township was sentenced Monday, Sept. 28, in 27th Circuit Court to serve six months of a one-year discretionary jail term.

Simon Gabriel Saldana, of 6415 E. Garfield Rd., pleaded guilty to the felony last month.

The sentencing guidelines for the conviction are 0-17 months, said Judge Anthony Monton, who also ordered that Saldana serve two years probation with a condition that he cannot consume alcohol or drugs and must submit to testing.

One count of domestic violence and one count of second-offense habitual offender were dismissed in a plea agreement.

He received credit for 83 days served in jail.

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