ELKTON — A man who beat, choked and then dragged his girlfriend through an Elkton motel parking lot — prompting witnesses to come to her aid — received an 18-month jail term on Monday after accepting a plea deal, according to Cecil County Circuit Court records.
Cecil County Circuit Court Judge Robert E. Sentman imposed a maximum 10-year sentence on the defendant — Nikko Romero Jackson, 30, of Newark, Del. — for second-degree assault and then suspended all but 18 months of the penalty, court records show. The judge credited Jackson for the time that he served — about four months — after his arrest in March.
Sentman ordered Jackson to serve three years of supervised probation after completing his 18-month term in the Cecil County Detention Center, according to court records. As probation conditions, Jackson must successfully complete an abuser intervention program; undergo alcohol and drug evaluation, treatment and testing and undergo a mental health evaluation and treatment. In addition, Sentman ordered Jackson to have no contact with the victim, according to court records…