A Port Arthur man set to go on trial for aggravated assault entered a guilty plea yesterday as opening
statements were set to begin at the Jefferson County Courthouse. 57-year old John Fitzgerald Rice
shot Shaquita Hill in the face in March of last year outside a Port Arthur apartment complex. With
the plea, he faces up to 12 years in prison. He will be sentenced later this year. If he would have been
convicted, he could have faced up to 20 years.