Aggravated vehicular assault: 228 days

LISA HOBBS - News Editor

Circuit Court Judge Larry B. Stanley sentenced a man to 228 days in jail and 10 years on state probation for a lengthy list of charges that originally included attempted second-degree murder.

Jason Kent Baker was in court on Wednesday, Aug. 26, and accepted a deal, pleading guilty to charges of aggravated assault, vandalism, aggravated vehicular assault, reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon involved, aggravated vehicular assault, and two counts of third offense DUI. In lieu of that, the state dropped the charges of attempted second-degree murder, domestic assault, and violating the state’s financial responsibility law.

Baker was arrested in 2024. After a heated argument that turned physical with his domestic partner, he left the residence and drove into a vehicle driven by Bobby Perry – that act netted him the charges of attempted second-degree murder, aggravated vehicular assault, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, two DUIs, and driving without insurance.

The sentence structure:

Baker was handed a six-year Tennessee Department of Corrections probationary sentence for aggravated vehicular assault. He must serve 228 days, take DUI classes, license revoked for six years, and pay $1,100 and court costs. That time will run consecutively a four-year TDOC probationary sentence for aggravated assault. He was ordered to have no contact with the victim.

Running consecutive to the above is a two-year TDOC sentence for reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon and two counts of third offense DUI.

Baker was ordered to make $750 restitution for a broken flat screen tv that he damaged during the domestic altercation. That charge of vandalism will be dismissed upon payment.