Brian Jensen Enters Alford Plea In Baseball Bat Attack Case

A Natrona County man is not admitting that he tried to enter a house and hitting a woman in the head with an aluminum baseball bat, but he's not challenging the accusations made against him.

Brian Jensen has entered an Alford Plea to one charge of aggravated assault and battery with a deadly weapon.

Investigators with the Evansville Police Department say in middle July 2015, Jensen tried to enter a house on the 400 block of Evans Street.

The female victim said he was there to collect some money from her boyfriend, and she attempted to reason with him at the front door.

Witnesses told police that as soon as the door was opened, Jensen hit the victim at least twice in the head with a bat and then left the area a short time later.

As part of a plea deal, prosecutors will seek no more than a three-to-seven year prison sentence.

He is being held on $20,000 bond and will be sentenced at a later date.

An Alford Plea is not an admission of guilt, but it acknowledges that prosecutors have enough evidence and/or testimony to get a guilty verdict from a jury, had the case gone to trial.