Hillsboro man sentenced to prison for assault

A Hillsboro man was sentenced recently to over two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to three counts of assault.

As previously reported, Gerald J. Conway, 42, was indicted by a Highland County grand jury in January and was charged with three counts of assault and one count of strangulation, all fifth-degree felonies.

According to court records, Conway pleaded guilty to the three assault charges in March, with the strangulation count dismissed.

The assault charges stem from November and involve three different alleged victims. It is alleged that all three assaults “occurred in or on the grounds of a local correctional facility;” that all three victim[s were] an employee of the facility or the probation department or [were] on the premises for business purposes as a visitor;” and that Conway “was in the custody of the facility” at the time, the indictment says.

During a hearing May 21, Highland County Common Pleas Court Judge Rocky Coss sentenced Conway to nine months on each count, to be served consecutively, for a total of 27 months in prison. Conway had seven days of jail time credit.

Conway was admitted into the Correctional Reception Center in Orient May 30, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.

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