A 26-year-old Seekonk man is sentenced to four-and-and-a-half years in prison followed by three-years of probation with conditions. 

In a split jury decision, James Oakes was found not guilty of strangulation, kidnapping and assault with intent to rape.  However, he was convicted of assaulting a person over 60, interfering with a driver for hire and robbery. 

Oakes was accused of assaulting a female Uber driver in Seekonk in April of last year.