A Warren man was sentenced to state prison Friday on charges connected with a February domestic assault.
Fred L. Rickabaugh, 49, Warren, was sentenced by President Judge Maureen Skerda on charges of strangulation, simple assault and resisting arrest.
Rickabaugh’s counsel, Chief Public Defender Kord Kinney, said his client has taken accountability. He said that the victim is recommending some services and that his client agrees with those recommendations. Kinney acknowledged his client has a “bad” prior record but asked for “some mercy.”
“She’s scared to death of this man,” District Attorney Rob Greene said of the victim, calling the conduct “horrible.”
Citing his prior record, Greene said he is an “extremely violent person” and, nearing the age of 50, “doesn’t seem to get it.”
Greene cited a lengthy jail report detailing misconducts, claiming Rickabaugh was in trouble about “every other day for doing something.”
He asked Skerda to incarcerate Rickabaugh for “as long as possible.”
Rickabaugh apologized for his conduct and agreed with the victim’s recommendation regarding the services he needs.
Skerda said Rickabaugh’s jail conduct is “among the worst I’ve seen. You’ve failed to adjust to that prison.”
She said his record began in 1993.
“I’m hopeful at your age, hopefully you want to change,” she said. “(I’m) not guaranteed that’s going to happen.”
She then sentenced Rickabaugh to 60 to 120 months incarceration with credit for 215 days time served, to undergo drug and alcohol, mental health, anger management and domestic violence treatment, submit a DNA sample, abide by a no contact/trespass order and pay $2,250 in fines and fees on the strangulation count as well as seven to 14 months incarceration for simple assault and five months to two years for resisting arrest.