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MARIETTA, Ohio -- A Caldwell man was sentenced to six to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of attempted murder in Washington County Common Pleas Court late Tuesday.
Nicholas Allen Davis, 32, of 24858 Hoot Owl Ridge, Caldwell, attempted to kill a woman by means of strangulation or suffocation and purposefully impaired the victim's ability to make a phone call to emergency services or law enforcement on July 27, according to court records. He was charged with two first-degree felony counts of attempted murder and one count each of third-degree felony strangulation and fourth-degree felony disrupting public services, as well as first-degree misdemeanor domestic violence and second-degree misdemeanor resisting arrest.
Davis was indicted Aug. 9 and pleaded innocent at his arraignment two days later. He broke a condition of his bond not to commit further crimes by breaking security glass in a Washington County Jail dormitory on Sept. 18.
He was indicted for that fifth-degree felony Sept. 27 and entered an innocent plea with a $10,000 surety bond.
His criminal jury trial was scheduled to begin Wednesday morning but was canceled due to his plea of guilty to count one of attempted murder. Judge John Halliday pronounced the sentence Tuesday.