Escambia Man Gets 15 Years For Strangulation, Aggravated Battery

December 10, 2019

An Escambia County man has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison for a violent attack on a woman.

Larry Lydell Saulsberry, Jr., 40, entered a plea to tampering with a witness involving the prosecution of a second degree felony, aggravated battery with great bodily harm, domestic battery by strangulation, false imprisonment, and grand theft auto.

On July 15, 2018, the victim was leaving work when the Saulsberry called her to come pick him up. After the victim picked him up, the two returned home. Once in the house, Saulsberryt began to ask the victim for the keys to her vehicle. The victim refused to give him the keys. This caused Saulsberry to begin repeatedly punching the victim with a closed fist in the head.

During this time, the victim attempted to call law enforcement, but the Saulsberry forcefully took her phone away from her and forced her to remain in the residence. He then proceeded to grab the victim by her throat and began to apply force so great it restricted the victim’s ability to breathe.

Saulsberry then hit the victim again in the face, causing her to lose consciousness. After the victim lost consciousness, Saulsberry fled the scene at a high rate of speed in the victim’s vehicle. The victim suffered permanent scarring above her left eye, as well as permanent damage to her vision from the attack.

Saulsberry’s prior criminal history includes an aggravated assault on law enforcement officer with firearm, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, grand theft auto, sell, manufacture, or deliver cocaine, wearing a bulletproof vest while committing certain offenses, resisting an officer with violence, and resisting an officer without violence.

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One Response to “Escambia Man Gets 15 Years For Strangulation, Aggravated Battery”

  1. TJ on December 12th, 2019 11:18 am

    Career criminal! 15 years is not enough! What happened to habitual offender law?

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