An Oxford man will enter into pre-trial intervention after pleading no contest to a charge of battery.
Jeffery Reed Smith, who was 57 at the time of his arrest, was booked at the Sumter County Detention Center in October after a dispute in which he allegedly knocked a woman to the ground, kicked her and took away her phone, according to the original arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.
Smith entered the plea April 14 in Sumter County Court in front of Judge Thomas D. Skidmore.
A pre-trial intervention agreement is required to participate in a supervised program similar to probation, except at the end of the intervention term, if all conditions are successfully completed, the felony charge will be dismissed. Typical conditions of PTI supervision require monthly reporting, payment of supervision fees, community service and appropriate counseling or treatment if deemed necessary after an evaluation. Â
