NC man pleads guilty, gets 15 years in prison for assaulting Horry County detention officer

CONWAY, S.C. (WMBF) – A North Carolina man will spend more than a decade behind bars after pleading guilty to a 2021 Horry County shooting.

Jason Willets, 39, of Whiteville, pleaded guilty to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, the 15th Circuit Solicitor’s Office said. Willets was due to appear in court this week.

Prosecutors said the charge is connected to a 2021 assault on J. Reuben that involved a detention officer. Authorities said Willets admitted during the trial to grabbing a chair and throwing it toward a desk area inside the cellblock.

The chair then hit the officer in the head, injuring him and causing him to be treated at the hospital.

The judge sentenced Willets to 15 years in prison after his defense.

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