When Nathanael Sexton was arrested back in June 2018, he was accused of choking an ex-girlfriend, slamming her into the dashboard of his pickup truck and threatening to kill her. When his case went to trial this past October, a jury found him guilty of criminal confinement and battery resulting in bodily injury. His sentence was handed down earlier today during a hearing in Greene Superior Court.

The incident occurred on June 18, 2018. A woman called 911 saying she had gotten out of a truck and took off running because the driver had choked her twice, slammed her into the dashboard and threatened to kill her. She said she was hiding in some bushes. It was around 12:24 a.m. and she was out in the country, in eastern Greene County. Three minutes later, then-Greene County Sheriff’s Deputy Davis Aerne arrived in the area, hit the flashing emergency lights and saw her emerge from some bushes behind a house. The location was an area near Greene County Line Road and East Chapel Road.

Nathanael Sexton was arrested. On October 19, in a trial by jury before Judge Dena Martin in Greene Superior Court, Sexton was found guilty of criminal confinement, a Level 5 felony, and battery resulting in bodily injury, a Class A misdemeanor.

Sexton has been represented by Defense Attorney Joseph Lozano. The State was represented by Greene County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Keven McIntosh.

Prior to the current case, Sexton, who is now 34, has a criminal history involving similar incidents, but the others all occurred in Monroe County, until the latest incident when he stepped over the county line and charges were filed in Greene County.  

When he appeared before Judge Martin for his sentencing hearing earlier today, he was sentenced to a total of six and one-half years behind bars and she found what she called a very extensive criminal record involving numerous violent acts to be an aggravating factor. Another aggravating factor was that he had never successfully completed a term of probation. There was one mitigating factor – he said he was remorseful.

For the count of criminal confinement, a Level 5 felony, he was sentenced to five and one-half years in the Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC).

For the count of battery resulting in bodily injury, a Class A misdemeanor, he was sentenced to one year in the Greene County Jail. The sentences are to be served consecutively – he will serve his time in the Greene County Jail after he completes time in DOC.

Sexton was given credit for 32 days already served and he will be allowed good time credit if eligible. In keeping with Indiana law, he must serve at least 75 percent of his time on the felony count and 50 percent of his time on the misdemeanor count. That translates to a minimum of a little over four and one-half years.

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