Greenfield man gets prison time in assault case

A Greenfield man has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to assault on a peace officer.

As previously reported, Jamie Marcum, 44, was indicted on the fourth-degree felony charge in December. The indictment alleged that on or about Nov. 3, Marcum “did knowingly cause or attempt to cause physical harm” to a Greenfield police officer.

According to a bill of particulars, Greenfield police responded to a reported altercation at a Greenfield business and arrested Marcum, who was allegedly “cussing and screaming, “resistant and combative with officers.”

From there, Marcum was transported to the Adena Greenfield Medical Center, where he allegedly “made numerous threats” to the victim. When the police officer attempted to handcuff Marcum, Marcum allegedly “became combative” and hit the police officer “in the throat with a open-hand strike,” the bill of particulars says.

Marcum pleaded guilty to the offense March 9, according to court records. At a sentencing hearing in April, Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss imposed a 14-month prison term. Marcum had 152 days of jail time credit.

Marcum was admitted into the Correctional Reception Center in Orient on April 13, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.