1/26/13 - A Pinckney man has been sentenced to prison for a baseball bat assault last September. 33-year-old Ryan Keith Malone was ordered to serve between two and 15 years behind bars following his guilty plea in December to domestic violence and electronic communications charges. In exchange, prosecutors dropped two counts of felonious assault and agreed to recommend a limit on his minimum sentence. Police say Malone argued with his girlfriend, broke into her locked bedroom and assaulted her with a baseball bat on September 13th. The woman attempted to call 911during the assault, but Malone took her cell phone. Malone, who was given credit for 133 days already served in jail, was also ordered to pay fines and costs of $966 upon parole and advised to seek counseling. Malone previously served a year in jail for attempted unlawful driving away of a vehicle in 2010. In that incident, Fenton Police say he had taken his girlfriendâs van without permission and knocked her to the ground with the vehicleâs door as he exited a parking lot. (JM)
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