Zanesville woman jailed for strangulation of minor

Lina Portman2 weeks ago

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Steph West
| Special to the Times Recorder

ZANESVILLE − Sabrina L. Gary, 52, was recently sentenced to two and a half years in prison for strangling a minor child in her home in December. The incident left “bruising of the neck” and could have killed the child, according to Muskingum County Common Pleas Judge Mark Fleegle's findings and findings document.

Fleegle said medical records and testimony supported an additional specification on the felony charge of third-degree strangulation because medical testimony supported that “holding the neck in this way for as little as 10 seconds could result in death “.

On December 27, Gary was charged with felonious assault, a second-degree felony; child endangerment, a third-degree felony; strangulation, a third-degree felony; and child endangerment, a first-degree misdemeanor.

A co-defendant in the case, Jeremy Murray Jr., was also initially charged with felonious assault, a second-degree felony; child endangerment, a third-degree felony; and child endangerment, a first-degree misdemeanor. The felony assault charge was later dismissed. Murray will spend 18 months in prison for his crimes, according to a news release from Muskingum County Prosecutor Ron Welch's office.

Welch's release states that on December 27, 2023, Gary turned himself in to Muskingum County Adult and Child Protective Services, seeking to relinquish custody of one of the minor children in the home. When social workers visited the home the next day, Gary told social workers that she had beaten the child the night before, adding: “Are you going to take him with you now?”

Social workers interviewed the victim, confirming she had been assaulted by Gary and Murray Jr., according to the release. The child was later seen at the Muskingum County Children's Justice Center and revealed to a forensic investigator and a nurse that Gary had grabbed her by the throat and pushed her against the wall, and that She felt like she was going to faint.

Welch said those who abuse children in Muskingum County will face consequences.

“Children deserve to be protected,” Prosecutor Welch said. “The defendants in this case actively abused a child as a means of punishment, and as a result they will now serve prison time. »

Lina Portman

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