Dayton man who attacks mom with small baseball bat gets probation

Montgomery County Courts Building. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

Credit: Jim Noelker

Credit: Jim Noelker

Montgomery County Courts Building. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

A Dayton man who attacked his mother with a small baseball bat and choked her gets probation.

Justin Earl Ledbetter was sentenced Tuesday by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Elizabeth Ellis to up to five years of community control sanctions, including that he receive mental health treatment and take all medications as prescribed, according to a sentencing document.

He pleaded guilty Nov. 19 to felonious assault and domestic violence, both felony charges, and a second felonious assault charge was dismissed.

Justin Ledbetter

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Dayton police responded Feb. 26 to a domestic disturbance at an apartment in the 1600 block of Darst Avenue.

Officers forced open the door because they could hear yelling and no one answered their knocks on the door, according to an affidavit filed in Dayton Municipal Court.

A woman inside was suffering from several obvious injuries who told police that her son Justin Ledbetter had attacked her with a small baseball bat and another wooden stick object. The woman also said that her son had strangled her, the affidavit stated.

Ledbetter was arrested at the apartment and his mother was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

If he violates the terms of his probation, he faces a minimum of two to three years up to eight to 12 years in prison.

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