Reardon admits hitting girl with vehicle

A Watertown man admitted Friday in Jefferson County Court that he intentionally struck his ex-girlfriend with his vehicle in October 2008 in the town of Lorraine.

Jordan M. Reardon, 19, of 420 S. Meadow St., is expected to be sentenced Nov. 20 to 10 years in state prison for guilty pleas to first-degree assault and second-degree attempted burglary, according to a contemplated sentence outlined in court.

Mr. Reardon admitted in court that he hit Cassandra Marsala, then 17, with his vehicle Oct. 30 on County Route 97 in Lorraine. He also admitted that he tried to enter the Marsala residence in Watertown without permission Oct. 24.

Mr. Reardon had faced 14 charges, including second-degree attempted murder, in a grand jury indictment handed up in March.

On the day of the incident in Lorraine, Mr. Reardon was found in Adams suffering from abdominal cuts and was taken to Upstate Medical University, Syracuse. At an evidence suppression hearing held in June, a state trooper testified that he spoke with Mr. Reardon while in Adams and was told by Mr. Reardon that Miss Marsala had stabbed him in his car, but he did not know where she or the vehicle were. No charges resulted from the injuries he suffered.

Meanwhile, police found Miss Marsala lying along Middle Road in the town of Lorraine. It was alleged in the indictment that she had been left unconscious at the scene, suffering from a severe cut to her head, a broken leg and finger, and multiple bruises.

Mr. Reardon also admitted Friday to violating probation. He had been sentenced in County Court in August 2008 to five years' probation after pleading guilty in June 2008 to fifth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance for selling cocaine in Watertown. He was granted youthful offender status in that case.

He is expected to be sentenced on the first-degree assault conviction to five years in state prison, followed by five years of post-release supervision. He also is expected to be sentenced to a five-year prison term, followed by three years' post-release supervision, for the attempted-burglary conviction. The sentences will be served consecutively.