From the Courts - State District Court: Man sentenced to five years on assault charge

Cameron James Eagleman was sentenced to the state Department of Corrections for five years in a plea agreement on a series of charges including assault.

Eagleman was charged Oct. 15 with felony counts of partner or family member assault, wth at least four prior convictions on that offense, and attempted tampering with a witness or informant and misdemeanor accounts of negligent endangerment, unlawful restraint and resisting arrest.

In a plea agreement, he pleaded guilty June 1 to the partner or family member assault charge.

State District Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz last Monday sentenced Eagleman...