Robert Vanatta was sentenced to 20 years in prison and two years of probation for a domestic violence incident that occurred in March 2025.
Robert Vanatta, 30, was convicted on 14 felony counts including criminal confinement, intimidation, criminal recklessness, strangulation, domestic battery and neglect of a dependent. Johnson County Circuit Court Judge Roesener handed down the sentence on May 21 after a trial that ended in March.
Brent Clayburn, 61, was sentenced Thursday to 35 years in prison for attempted murder after a violent attack on his ex-wife in Columbus, Indiana. A judge also imposed a concurrent 12-year term for criminal confinement with a deadly weapon.
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A former corrections officer in Washington state received a light sentence after pleading guilty to vehicular assault for driving over his ex-girlfriend's head with his truck during a January 2025 incident.
Judson Defir, 43, was sentenced to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual abuse and no contest to kidnapping and attempted rape in a March attack on a mother holding her 10-month-old baby inside their Portland home.
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A 74-year-old Montana man received a prison sentence of 15 years and six months this week for the September 2025 killings of his wife, stepson and the stepson's girlfriend.