An Akron woman is facing one year in jail after shooting her husband, who she claims was abusive.
Jacqueline Farmer, 59, of 7401 W. Ind. 14, Akron, pleaded guilty to battery with a deadly weapon, a level 5 felony, Monday morning in Kosciusko Circuit Court.
Judge Michael Reed sentenced Farmer to three years in the Indiana Department of Corrections suspended. She will spend one year in Kosciusko County Jail and two years on probation. She will be granted 37 days credit for time served.
On Dec. 16, 2015, Farmer called the police and told them she had shot her then-husband,?Samuel Israel. The couple have since divorced. Israel was taken to the hospital in critical condition and survived his wounds.
Farmer was originally charged with attempted murder, a level one felony. The charge was reduced as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.
“After some evidence was presented by Ms. Farmer’s lawyer I agreed to reduce the charge,” Kosciusko Prosecutor Dan Hampton told the court.
Farmer claimed she was a victim of domestic violence and finally snapped. Tracie Hodson, executive director of the Beaman Home, a domestic violence shelter in Warsaw, asked Judge Michael Reed for leniency in a letter.
In the letter, Hudson said when Farmer first came to Beaman Home, she had been beaten, and had been abused for decades.
“Her actions were a desperate cry for help from a domestic violence victim,” Hodson wrote. Hodson also wrote about all the volunteering and time Farmer has given the shelter to help other domestic violence victims.
“She is not the same woman who came to us many months ago,” Hudson wrote. Staff members of the Beaman home sat in the audience as Reed handed down the sentence.
Judge Reed said it was a hard case, but ultimately there has to be a price for shooting someone. “You shot a man who almost died. There has to be a penalty for that,” ?Reed said.
Farmer’s lawyer, Joe Sobek, argued that farmer had no criminal record and was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Reed said Farmer could have challenged the charges if she thought the shooting was justified. “You pleaded guilty. That shows the your actions weren’t justified.” Reed said.
Jacqueline Farmer, 59, of 7401 W. Ind. 14, Akron, pleaded guilty to battery with a deadly weapon, a level 5 felony, Monday morning in Kosciusko Circuit Court.
Judge Michael Reed sentenced Farmer to three years in the Indiana Department of Corrections suspended. She will spend one year in Kosciusko County Jail and two years on probation. She will be granted 37 days credit for time served.
On Dec. 16, 2015, Farmer called the police and told them she had shot her then-husband,?Samuel Israel. The couple have since divorced. Israel was taken to the hospital in critical condition and survived his wounds.
Farmer was originally charged with attempted murder, a level one felony. The charge was reduced as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.
“After some evidence was presented by Ms. Farmer’s lawyer I agreed to reduce the charge,” Kosciusko Prosecutor Dan Hampton told the court.
Farmer claimed she was a victim of domestic violence and finally snapped. Tracie Hodson, executive director of the Beaman Home, a domestic violence shelter in Warsaw, asked Judge Michael Reed for leniency in a letter.
In the letter, Hudson said when Farmer first came to Beaman Home, she had been beaten, and had been abused for decades.
“Her actions were a desperate cry for help from a domestic violence victim,” Hodson wrote. Hodson also wrote about all the volunteering and time Farmer has given the shelter to help other domestic violence victims.
“She is not the same woman who came to us many months ago,” Hudson wrote. Staff members of the Beaman home sat in the audience as Reed handed down the sentence.
Judge Reed said it was a hard case, but ultimately there has to be a price for shooting someone. “You shot a man who almost died. There has to be a penalty for that,” ?Reed said.
Farmer’s lawyer, Joe Sobek, argued that farmer had no criminal record and was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Reed said Farmer could have challenged the charges if she thought the shooting was justified. “You pleaded guilty. That shows the your actions weren’t justified.” Reed said.
