Man pleads guilty, sentenced to 25 years in prison following 2021 attack

ANDERSON, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A man is sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple charges after he sexually assaulted a woman in an Ingles parking lot last March.

According to the Office of the Solicitor, Jamaal Harvey pled guilty to charges of CSC first degree, kidnapping and assault and battery high an aggravated.

On March 8, 2021, in the Ingles parking lot on Hwy. 81, Harvey placed a rope around a woman’s neck while she was loading her groceries in her vehicle and strangled her until she lost consciousness, according to the solicitor.

He then pushed the woman in the backseat of her car and drove off. Once the woman regained consciousness, she began screaming. Harvey stopped the car multiple times to hit the woman in the head and told her he was going to kill her, the solicitor says.

The solicitor goes on to say he then used the rope to bound her hands behind her back and sexually assaulted her.

Harvey also has credit for 519 days he has already spent in jail.

“This is a heinous crime, and a tremendously frightening ordeal for the victim, who is a true survivor. We wish her well on her continued journey of healing from this traumatic experience,” said Solicitor Wagner.

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