NOT GUILTY: Dr. Jason Nolan Cox was found not guilty of the charges he faced, as reported by the Valdosta Daily Times Feb. 28, 2008. 

VALDOSTA — A grand jury returned indictments against a physician charged in a family violence case.

Jurors formally charged Dr. Jason Cox with aggravated battery and family violence battery in connection with an incident that Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office investigators said happened June 20, 2004, at what was Cox’s residence at 737 Lake Laurie Road in Valdosta.

Cox caused bodily harm to his former wife, rendering her eardrum useless, by “striking said victim about her head and face with his fist,” according to the indictments.

Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested Cox on Dec. 10, 2004, on a warrant for allegedly assaulting his former wife. He was arraigned Dec. 13 in Magistrate Court of Lowndes County and released on a $100,000 bond.

Investigators said at the time that the victim came forward because of what happened to her daughter.

On Dec. 8, 2004, Adel police charged Cox with cruelty to children in a felony warrant.

“The charge resulted from a call made to the Adel Police Department from South Georgia Medical Center where Dr. Jason Cox’s 2-year-old daughter was being examined,” according to an Adel Police Department report. “The examination revealed severe bruising from just above the kidney area to knee area on the front and back of the legs.

“Witness interview revealed that Dr. Cox had inflicted the injuries on his daughter. The interview also revealed the beating occurred from 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 7, 2004, to 12:30 a.m. on Dec. 8, 2004. The witness stated the child was beaten because she would not say ‘yes, sir’ to her father.”

Attorney Jim Tunison is representing the physician.

Cox’s current practice is in Adel. No hearing date on the charges has been scheduled.