Parole hearing scheduled for man convicted of assault

Published 12:30 pm Saturday, January 11, 2020

Robert David Austin

Robert David Austin will go before the Alabama Board of Pardons and Parole on Feb. 13. Austin is serving a 15-year prison sentence for domestic violence and first-degree assault in Cullman County.

Austin was convicted in 2012 of the 2011 domestic violence and assault charges. He was out of jail from a 2008 conviction for breaking and entering a vehicle in Cullman when he committed the two violent crimes.

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He has served eight years and eight months of his sentence.