EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - An Everett man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, after beating a woman so severely that she was left blind in one eye and with broken bones.
The Daily Herald reports the Cory Jacoby used a bat and a hammer to attack his former girlfriend. About a year ago, he was charged with first-degree assault and two counts of violation of a court order. He later pleaded guilty, and in September asked to take it back, a motion that was denied.
Jacoby, 44, was sentenced on Thursday.
In early 2018, a woman had obtained a five-year protection order against Jacoby. She moved that summer to get away from him, to an apartment in Everett, according to police reports.
She never told Jacoby her new address, but somehow he found it. That August, he showed up at her home and allegedly forced the woman to have sex. He wouldn’t let her leave the room.
At some point, she told him she needed to use the restroom. He attacked her when she returned, according to court papers.
Neighbors heard screaming around 2:30 a.m. and called 911. Some reported they saw a naked man walk from her apartment, carrying a baseball bat.
Jacoby also received three years of community custody, and had to sign a no-contact order that expires in 2099, to stay away from the woman he attacked.
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