<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1pK5oV_0wBShpbE00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1pK5oV_0wBShpbE00" width="1280" height="960" ><p>CORTLAND, NY (CortacaToday) — A domestic violence case has ended with a conviction.</p><p>Cortland County District Attorney Patrick Perfetti says Jason Rice accepted a plea deal in the 11th hour. On Tuesday, the 47-year-old pleaded guilty to a felony charge of criminal contempt. Perfetti says Rice violated a protection order by entering his wife’s home and damaging property during a dispute.</p><p>“Domestic violence is a bane to our communities and to the families who must endure it,” Perfetti said in a statement. “My office is committed to providing diversion resources to these offenders; however, where defendants refuse to engage with counseling to correct behaviors, prosecution remains the only option.”</p><p>Rice gets sentenced in January.</p></div></body>

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Cincinnatus man pleads guilty in domestic violence case

CORTLAND, NY (CortacaToday) — A domestic violence case has ended with a conviction. Cortland County District Attorney Patrick Perfetti says Jason Rice accepted a plea deal in the 11th hour. On Tuesday, the 47-year-old pleaded guilty to a felony charge of criminal contempt. Perfetti says Rice violated a protection order by entering his wife’s home and damaging property during a dispute.