By: Stacey Carmany
NEW PHILADELPHIA (WJER) (Aug. 12, 2024) - A Dover man is heading to prison for brutally assaulting his former roommate. Kenton George, 47, will serve 4 to 6 years there for bludgeoning the victim multiple times with a hammer. It happened on February 20th after what Assistant Tuscarawas County Assistant Prosecutor Scott Deedrick described as several weeks of conflict between the two men who had recently moved in together. Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Ernest handed down the punishment, crediting George for the 171 days he spent in jail while the case was pending. The victim was taken by ambulance to Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital, where he was treated and released. George was originally charged with attempted murder, but the prosecution agreed to drop that count, citing ‘insufficient evidence.’