QUITMAN, Texas — An East Texas man was sentenced to 25 years Friday in prison after pleading guilty to severely beating a woman last year.

James Curtis Sims, Jr., 64, of Sulphur Springs, pleaded guilty to assault causes bodily injury family violence with a previous conviction. Through the plea, he was sentenced to 25 years, the Wood County District Attorney's Office said.

He admitted to being convicted of two previous felonies - delivering cocaine in 1992 and robbery in 2003 - and that enhanced the punishment. He had been convicted four times of misdemeanor assault on women in Hopkins County, the DA's office said.

On Sept. 25, 2024, the victim told Wood County deputies she was afraid for her life after Sims assaulted her and he thought he would do it again. She had blood on her shirt, b

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