A DeKalb County, Ala., man was sentenced to 19 years after he tried to arrange for the assault of a local prosecutor in 2014 to stop the prosecutor from attending the man’s sentencing hearing.
Joshua Kilgro, 45, was already serving sentences in the DeKalb County Jail for multiple separate crimes when he tried to make the arrangement, according to a news release from the Alabama Attorney General’s office. Kilgro pleaded guilty in DeKalb County Circuit Court last week to criminal solicitation to commit first-degree assault.
In 2014, Kilgro asked someone to run Deputy District Attorney Scott Lloyd’s vehicle off a mountain road in order to injure him. However, the person Kilgro solicited to assist in the scheme reported the matter to law enforcement.
“This defendant’s attempt to thwart justice was properly met by the righteous arm of the law, resulting in even more convictions and a stern sentence,” Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said.
Kilgro was also sentenced to 12 months for third-degree assault, a charge he received for fighting while incarcerated.