SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A man from Springfield was sentenced to seven years in prison for resisting arrest during a battery and assault, as well as possession of a controlled substance.
On Aug. 18, 2025, 43-year-old Jared Dimmitt pleaded guilty to resisting arrest for a felony and possessing a controlled substance while at a county jail, with a possession of a controlled substance charge dropped. Dimmitt and a co-defendant, Jayden Wright, were initially accused of robbery, assault, stealing and resisting arrest on Feb. 5, 2025.
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According to the probable cause statement, the victim was staying at a home and was sleeping in his 2000 Cadillac Escalade at around 5 a.m. when Dimmitt opened the door and threatened to “shoot” him. Dimmitt and another suspect, later identified as Wright, pulled the victim out of the Cadillac and assaulted him multiple times.
The victim said he was hit in the right knee area with a metal pipe or fence post and was kicked in the head by Wright. Dimmitt then drove away with the Cadillac, with Wright following behind, according to the statement…