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Man gets prison for drunken attack on his ex-girlfriend and her friend Nicholas Elliott Thursday Oct 27, 2016 at 5:30 PM By Nick Morgan For the Tidings A former Ashland High School football player will serve more than 4½ years in prison after he admitted to attacking his former girlfriend, hitting a man with his car, erratically driving away and violating his probation. Nicholas Thomas Elliott, 26, pleaded guilty to felony assault and hit-and-run charges Thursday, admitting he drove to his ex-girlfriend's west Medford apartment Sept. 3, hit her male friend's car, and physically attacked both of them before speeding away after knocking the man down with his car. The attack was just one day after Elliott was released from jail for felony domestic violence against his ex-girlfriend, according to Deputy District Attorney Laura Cromwell. According to police, the ex-girlfriend messaged Elliott Sept. 3 on Facebook to arrange a time when he could pick up his things from when they lived together. At just after 2:30 a.m. Sept. 3, Elliott arrived at her apartment in the 1000 block of West McAndrews Road. Elliott hit the male victim's car, punched the man several times and shoved his former girlfriend to the ground. As Elliott left, he hit the man with the front of his car and sped away, court documents say.  About half an hour later, Talent police spotted Elliott's Mitsubishi Eclipse, which was extensively damaged, according to an affidavit filed by police in the case. Elliott later blew .11 on a breathalyzer at the jail, court documents show. In court, Cromwell said Elliott had prior felony convictions in Multnomah County for third-degree robbery in 2006, cocaine possession in 2008 and third-degree assault in 2011. In June, Elliott pleaded guilty to felony fourth-degree assault and misdemeanor strangulation for a March attack on his girlfriend that rendered the woman temporarily unconscious and was witnessed by her 4-year-old son, court records show.   Circuit Court Judge Patricia Crain sentenced Elliott to 30 months for felony fourth-degree assault, failing to perform the duties of a driver to an injured person and a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of intoxicants, plus 25 months for violating his probation from the June assault case. — Reach reporter Nick Morgan at 541-776-4471 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at @MTCrimeBeat.