SANDPOINT — A man charged with seven different felonies stemming from a November 2023 incident has pleaded guilty as part of a pretrial settlement in the case. 

Jacob Ronald Navarro, 34, has pleaded guilty to aggravated battery and injury to child Sept. 15. As part of a pretrial settlement, four counts of aggravated battery and possession of a controlled substance will be dismissed.  

According to a pretrial settlement document, the state will recommend a 10-year prison sentence — five years determinate, five years indeterminate — for the remaining battery and injury to a child charges, both felonies. The recommended sentence will run concurrently.  

Navarro is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 8 at the Bonner County Courthouse.  

Court documents indicate that Navarro was accused of inflicting violence upon the victim around November 2023, for which the victim suffered great bodily harm and disfigurement.  

The abuse, which involved striking the victim with a stake or stick, was reported to local law enforcement after a neighbor sheltered the victim from Navarro after the youth told the individual that he “feared for his life.”  

Documents show that the victim had suffered from multiple episodes of abuse and lasting scars.