Violent Ex Gets 18 Months for Assault

0:00It's April 25th. This is Lester News today, local news powered by AI. Staphon Rainer, a 38-year-old from Lester, with 108 prior crimes, just got hit with an 18-month prison sentence for, assaulting his ex-girlfriend multiple times. This guy's record is stacked with violence, especially against women, and the judge had zero patients left. Back in April 2024, he threatened her with a weapon and trashed her car and home, landing a suspended sentence that eventually got, activated. They split, but reconnected in January 2025, only for things to explode again fast. During a fight at his place the next month, he swung a rolling pin at her and punched her arms and legs, leaving bruises everywhere. Days later, after another blowup, he threatened to crash his car and kill them both, then shoved her out and chased her into a pizza shop where she, called Cops. He denied it all, got convicted in May 2025 on assault charges, but dragged out sentencing with a failed appeal until this year.

1:02Meanwhile, he jumped into a new relationship and beat that woman too, earning jail time in February. On April 24th, the court finally locked him up, citing his bad history with orders and high risk to others. Defense claimed he's turning a corner with better mental health and no booze or drugs, but the judge wasn't buying its straight custody to keep folks safe.