A defendant was sentenced to prison Wednesday, Feb. 28, in Logan County Common Pleas Court for assaulting an elderly man during a road rage incident that occurred last June.
John Pultz, 36, of Sidney, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison and ordered to pay restitution totaling $6,521 for a charge of attempted felonious assault, a third-degree felony.
The charge is the result of an incident that was investigated June, 2023, by officers of the Washington Township Police Department. Washington Township police were dispatched to the area of State Route 708 and Township Road 61 for an assault that had occurred as the result of a road rage incident.
Upon arrival, officers met with a 72-year-old victim who advised a motorcyclist, the defendant, had followed him from Jackson Center and was driving recklessly.
Pultz reportedly stopped in front of the victim and the victim exited his vehicle to see why he stopped in front him.
Pultz then reportedly went up to the victim and punched him. Once the victim fell to the ground, he began to kick him several times. Several witnesses advised they witnessed the assault.
Due to the victim’s injuries, Indian Lake EMS transported the 72-year-old to Mary Rutan Hospital for treatment.
Deputies of the Logan County Sheriff’s Office located the defendant at a nearby business and he reportedly admitted to the assault.
Pultz stated the victim struck his motorcycle and he was merely following the victim to obtain his information. He did not have a reason as to why he immediately assaulted the victim when he exited his vehicle.
Others defendants sentenced recently were:
Denver Jackson, 22, of DeGraff: Two years’ community control, court costs and labeled a Tier I sexual offender for gross sexual imposition, a fourth-degree felony;
Adam Queen, 39, of West Mansfield: Five years’ community control, a stay at the West Central Community Based Correctional Facility and ordered to pay court costs for domestic violence, a fourth-degree felony; and
Jarrod King, 29, of Sidney: Three years’ community control and ordered to pay court costs for improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle.