A Lee County jury returned a guilty verdict Thursday afternoon, convicting Antonio Nixon, 30, of first-degree burglary and attempted rape.
Nixon’s conviction came in connection with an incident on July 3, 2008 at the Huntington Hills subdivision of Phenix City.
“Nixon knocked on the door of the victim’s residence asking for a particular individual,” said Lee County Assistant District Attorney Kisha Allen Abercrombie. “When the victim told Nixon the person he was asking for did not live there, he asked once more for the same person and as the victim began to try and shut the door of the residence, Nixon forced his way inside.”
Once inside the home, Nixon attacked and tried to rape the victim, Abercrombie said.
The victim sustained broken ribs and several lacerations to her face, with one injury to her forehead requiring 14 stitches, District Attorney Nick Abbett said.
At the time of the attack the victim, who managed to fight off her attacker, was at home alone with her 10-day-old child.
Nixon fled after the attack, but through information the victim provided the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, a description was quickly generated and an arrest made less than a week later, Abbett said.
“I think the women of Lee County are a little bit safer after today’s verdict,” Abbett said.
Chief Trial Assistant District Attorney Robert T. Treese agreed.
“The victim demonstrated extraordinary courage in taking the stand in this case,” Treese said.
Nixon will be sentenced at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Lee County Justice Center.
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