Boyer sentenced to five months

Tony Lee Boyer, 47, was sentenced to five months in jail Friday on convictions of harassment with a threat to kill and two charges of violating a no-contact order. Boyer was arrested Aug. 29 after deputies responded to a report of domestic violence at a residence on the Parvin Road.

Boyer Friday entered an Alford plea to the charges. Under that plea a defendant does not admit the charges but agrees the state has the evidence for a probable conviction.

According the case report, Boyer and his former spouse were residing together. He allegedly called her while she was away from the home Aug. 29 and threatened to kill her when she returned. When she returned he grabbed her cell phone, broke it and began to drag her in the gravel driveway. The sheriff's report said a son stopped the assault when he came out and threatened Boyer with a .22.

The no-contact charges derived from calls when Boyer made calls to the victim from the jail. In the Sept. 4 call to the victim he reportedly recognized that he would probably get into trouble for making the call from jail.

Calls by inmates from the jail are monitored. Presiding Judge David Frazier said he found it difficult to believe Boyer will follow the court's no-contact order after he completes his jail term.

The judge also sentenced Boyer to a year in jail for violating the no-contact order by calling from the jail. The one-year sentence was suspended, but Judge Frazier pointed out if Boyer did violate the no-contact order in the sentence he will be returned to serve the additional year.