A Washington man was recently sentenced to five years in prison for a domestic abuse assault conviction.

Court records show 30-year-old Jimmie Lee Stringer III pleaded guilty to domestic abuse assault, strangulation with bodily injury, a class D felony, and is committed to the Iowa Medical and Classification Center at Oakdale. Stringer must pay a $1,025 fine plus all applicable charges and court costs, though he was found not reasonably able to pay Category B restitution. Charges were dismissed for first-degree burglary, a class B felony, and domestic abuse assault second offense, an aggravated misdemeanor, stemming from an October 23, 2021 incident.

The Washington Police Department responded to a report of domestic abuse assault, and the victim stated that Stringer entered her residence through a window, and eventually picked her up by the throat, causing her airway to be cut off. Stringer had an active no contact order with the victim in effect since May 2021. This January a new no contact order was issued in this case, and while in jail on recorded phone calls he contacted the protected party several times directly or through third parties from January 16th to February 9th, and sent text messages, violating the order.