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DUNCAN — A Texas man will serve time after pleading responsible to allegations he kidnapped, beat and threatened his girlfriend after an evening of trick-or-treating together with her daughter in 2021.
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On Thursday, Stephens County District Judge Ken Graham sentenced sentenced Nathan Drew Brown, 32, of Lake Dallas, Texas, to serve 10 years in prison for a felony rely of kidnapping, data point out. He was sentenced to serve one 12 months and six months in the county jail for a felony rely of planning to carry out an act of violence and a misdemeanor rely of home abuse – assault and battery, data point out.
Brown had pleaded responsible earlier than a scheduled Oct. 24 non-jury trial.
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The girlfriend referred to as 911 on Nov. 1, 2021, and stated she wanted assist and hung up. When legislation enforcement arrived, she was discovered ready on the porch, crying with a firearm on her lap, in line with the possible trigger affidavit. She instructed legislation enforcement she had the gun as a result of, “I was afraid he was going to come back.”
The lady’s eye was swollen and shiny pink and her cheek was black and blue with swelling, the affidavit states. Her nostril additionally was pink with dried blood alongside her nostril and her shirt was lined in dried blood, investigators stated.
The lady stated her boyfriend, Brown, beat her up and left when she instructed him she referred to as police. The two had been courting and he was staying at her residence.
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The couple had begun arguing throughout trick-or-treating together with her daughter the evening earlier than. She stated he believed she was dishonest on him and refused to consider her denials, in line with the affidavit.
She instructed investigators Brown punched her face, slammed her face right into a wall and put his arms round her throat, the affidavit states. She stated he additionally hit her nostril, inflicting it to bleed. She stated she’d by no means seen him this manner and “she really thought she was going to die,” in line with the affidavit. At one level, she received away and went to her closet the place she was in a position to retrieve her gun.
Investigator stated the lady’s cellphone rang continually from Brown’s calls and texts through the interview. Later in the day, Brown despatched textual content and audio telling the lady, “he was going to kill her and himself” and that he would “attempt suicide by cop,” in line with the affidavit.
Brown had been free on $150,000 bond since June 2021 when he acquired six felony counts of stalking and two misdemeanor counts of protecting order violations concerning the identical lady.
Brown additionally pleaded responsible to these counts and was sentenced to serve 5 years in prison for the primary three counts and one 12 months in the county jail on every of the others, data point out. All time is to be served concurrently and he’ll obtain credit score for time served.
Following launch from Oklahoma Department of Corrections custody, Brown was ordered to serve a minimum of two years supervised probation that features drug and alcohol evaluations and a psychological well being analysis, data point out.
