Haskins sentenced in sexual assault cases

This article was posted in print on September 11, unfortunately the article was never made digital. There is nothing added or removed from the September 11 print article.

Jamison Haskins was found guilty on all charges of sexual abuse by a person over 18, on a victim over age 12 and under age 18 without physical force-violence in Holmes County. This comes after being sentenced previously in Washington County. He will spend 13 years in state prison and must register as a sex offender. 

Haskins was given three years in the Florida Department of Corrections and seven years of probation after pleading to lesser charges of felony battery in a plea agreement in the Washington County case. In May of 2023, he was arrested at the prison where he was serving his sentence and was arraigned on the new charges. 

According to reports from the Bonifay Police Department and the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office, the alleged incidents happened between May and September of 2020 with one in the county and the other in the city limits of Bonifay. In July 2020, BPD received an intake report from the Department of Children and Families alleging sexual abuse. The victim, who was out of state at the time, was interviewed by the Major Crimes Division of the police department local to where the victim was visiting at the request of the BPD. During the interview the victim detailed two events involving Haskins. 

Upon the victim returning to Florida, an interview was arranged to gather a statement in April 2021. According to a report from BPD, the victim’s statement did not waver from the statement provided to the out of state agency. The victim went on to describe in detail graphic and sexually explicit acts allegedly forced on them by Haskins at a house in Holmes County.