Lordsburg Jury Finds John Jarrott Guilty of Deadly-Weapon Assault on Inmate

A jury in Lordsburg found 40-year-old John Jarrott guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for an attack on a fellow inmate at the Hidalgo County Detention Center, a report states. The conviction stems from an incident in July 2023, according to the Original Report supplied with the case details.

The Original Report includes a partial victim account preserved verbatim: "the victim reported Jarrott came up from behind, wrapp" — the sentence is truncated in the material provided and does not include the remainder of the description. Neither the Original Report nor the DA listing supplied a specific type of deadly weapon, and the victim’s name, age, gender and medical condition were not provided in the supplied texts.

The Sixth Judicial District Attorney’s Office of New Mexico lists a headline on its district news page reading "John Jarrott is found guilty of Aggravated Assault of Inmate," confirming the conviction on the DA’s site. That headline appears among other recent district items, including "Nicholas Day Held without bond for Unlawful Taking of Motor Vehicle," "Jessy Hawkins is sentenced for the Murder of Kenneth Boudreaux Jr.," and "David Baca is sentenced to 30 years for Sexual Assault of a 13-year-old." The DA page excerpts also show site navigation and county sections, including "Hidalgo County Info." and "I Was The Victim Of A Crime."

The materials supplied do not include a date for the jury verdict, a sentencing date, court docket numbers, defense or prosecuting attorneys’ names, or the formal charging instrument. The Original Report supplies the defendant’s age, the location of the incident (Hidalgo County Detention Center), and the month and year of the alleged assault (July 2023), but key courtroom and post-conviction details are absent from the texts provided.

As reported, the conviction stands on the aggravated-assault-with-a-deadly-weapon charge in Lordsburg, while the identity of the victim, the weapon used and any scheduled sentencing remain unreported in the provided documents. Local court records and the Sixth Judicial District Attorney’s Office typically carry the full verdict entry and any press release with further details; until those records are released, the public account of the incident and its consequences remains limited to the facts summarized above.