CLAY CO. – The man who was the subject of an Order of Protection hearing on the day a Clay County woman died in 2015 has been charged – and convicted – of a serious crime this past month.
Darrell J. Newman, 27, of Flora, was the subject of an OP filed by Amber Mahon in early 2015 after a November 2014 incident. In that OP, Mahon claimed that Newman was trying to force himself on her in an effort to have sex.
She was living with another Clay County crim at the time, Darren Frank, who is now under serious narcotics charges in Clay.
Following the hearing in March of 2015, Frank, furious with Mahon, is alleged to have either terrorized her so badly when they were driving back to Sailor Springs from Louisville that she jumped out of his vehicle, or he facilitated her exit from the vehicle in some way. Whatever the case, Mahon died after striking the pavement. No charges have ever been filed in the case.
There’s been no word on how well Newman and Frank have gotten along since that time, if at all.
However, while Frank is out on bond since early October, Newman found himself hemmed up a couple of weeks later in his own charge: Aggravated Battery.
The charging documents stated that Newman committed the crime when he was in Flora on Oct. 24 and he struck one Michael S. Wathan in the face, breaking his nose and fracturing his cheek.
The case was opened on November 9 with the single charge.
Newman apparently didn’t appreciate the food served up by Sheriff Andy Myers at the Clay County Jail.
On Nov. 18, Newman, represented by public defender Chris Elliott, entered a plea to the charge as it stood.
He was recommended for the Impact Incarceration (boot camp) program and Judge Robin Todd found that it was a good fit for Newman, as opposed to three years DOC.
No court documents show when, exactly, that program will be implemented, but the violent Newman is now sitting at Graham Correctional Center in Hillsboro for DOC inprocessing.