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By Beacon Journal staff
POSTED: 04:38 p.m. EST, Jan 12, 2009
A 25-year-old Akron man who attacked a woman after she ended their relationship was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison.
James Coplin was sentenced by Summit County Common Pleas Judge Paul J. Gallagher on charges of attempted murder and intimidation of a crime victim.
Prosecutors said Coplin choked and stabbed a woman in the abdomen Aug. 31 after she ended their relationship. Friends tried to intervene, and Coplin threatened to kill a male friend of the woman's if he called police.
The victim suffered multiple injuries requiring corrective and reconstructive surgery, prosecutors said.
A 25-year-old Akron man who attacked a woman after she ended their relationship was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison.
James Coplin was sentenced by Summit County Common Pleas Judge Paul J. Gallagher on charges of attempted murder and intimidation of a crime victim.
Prosecutors said Coplin choked and stabbed a woman in the abdomen Aug. 31 after she ended their relationship. Friends tried to intervene, and Coplin threatened to kill a male friend of the woman's if he called police.
The victim suffered multiple injuries requiring corrective and reconstructive surgery, prosecutors said.
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Posted 04:48 PM, 01/12/2009
Thin line between love and hate.
Green, OH
Posted 05:03 PM, 01/12/2009
Another case where the man's "emotional distress" translated to the woman's physical distress.
Posted 05:12 PM, 01/12/2009
good anyone who harms another person expecially a man hurting a woman should ROT in jail
somewhere near you, CA
Posted 07:40 PM, 01/12/2009
Not enough time behind bars.
barberton, oh
Posted 08:12 PM, 01/12/2009
From what I read, her new boyfriend must be some kind of a Sissy. I guess he didn't want to get involved. Most Sissy's won't and he didn't. She may not have got injured if he would have got in the game.
akron, oh
Posted 10:06 PM, 02/04/2009
lowrider54
yes he is a very big sissy,
trust me i know he take's trash but never can back it up
