Jurors sentence Spring man to life in prison for telephone harassment

Jason Brian Hamlin, 37, of Spring, was sentenced to life in prison for stalking/harassment. Jason Brian Hamlin, 37, of Spring, was sentenced to life in prison for stalking/harassment. Photo: Courtesy Of The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office Photo: Courtesy Of The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Jurors sentence Spring man to life in prison for telephone harassment 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A Montgomery County jury deliberated for about 30 minutes before sentencing a 37-year-old man from Spring to life in prison on Wednesday for stalking and harassment after hearing the more than 150 voice mails he left his accuser.

Jason Brian Hamlin received 25 years to life after being convicted Tuesday in presiding Judge Phil Grant’s 9th state District Court for the felony offense following two days of testimony. Assistant District Attorney Kristina Pekkala played the voice messages to jurors as evidence of Hamlin’s telephone harassment. Hamlin and his accuser had previously dated, according to a press release from the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office.

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Jurors took into account Hamlin’s prior criminal convictions, including three stays in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s correctional institutions division and several witnesses who testified to his harassing and “menacing behavior” through the years, according to the news release.

Hamlin’s prior convictions include burglary of habitation in 2004, according to court records.

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