File photo Sehdon Grant, 36, formerly of Nashua and Manchester

NASHUA – A sentencing hearing is now scheduled for October on the two felony charges remaining against Sheldon Grant, the former Nashua man with a lengthy criminal history who is currently in prison on federal charges.

Grant, 36, whose former Nashua addresses include 7 Broad St. and 8 Tolles St., entered guilty pleas Thursday in Hillsborough County Superior Court-South on one count each of first-degree assault and felon in possession of a firearm, which stem from the March 2016 stabbing of Grant’s then-girlfriend.

The pleas are part of an agreement reached by prosecutors and Grant’s attorneys. The stabbing that led to the assault charge occurred in a vehicle on Everett Turnpike near the Nashua-Merrimack line, as the two were driving from Nashua to the woman’s Manchester apartment.

While that charge was filed in Superior Court-South in Nashua, the felon in possession offense, on which he was arrested on Orange Street in Manchester, was filed in Superior Court-North.

The parties agreed, however, to adjudicate both charges in Superior Court-South.

They also agreed, with the approval of Judge Jacalyn Colburn, to take Grant’s pleas Thursday, and continue the sentencing part of the hearing to Oct. 10.

The purpose is to accommodate the victim, who wishes to be present for sentencing, according to First Assistant County Attorney Leslie Gill.

It’s not known as yet if the victim will deliver a victim impact statement, or have one read to the court on her behalf.

Police in mid-March 2016 arrested Grant after a brief struggle at the Orange Street apartment in Manchester, shortly after the victim called police.

At the time, she accused Grant of stabbing her in the leg as they drove to Manchester, then holding her in the apartment for several hours while assaulting her and threatening her with a handgun.

Grant’s legal history includes a 2014 trial on charges accusing him of assaulting, stabbing and threatening a woman in 2013. He was ultimately acquitted on those charges, but was arrested not long afterward for witness tampering after a man Grant knew told police Grant had ordered him to offer the victim $5,000 to not testify against Grant.

But despite going to trial twice on the witness tampering charge, Grant was never convicted. The first ended in a mistrial after the jury was unable to come to a verdict, while the jury in the second trial returned a not guilty verdict after deliberating for about an hour.

Dean Shalhoup can be reached at 594-1256, dshalhoup@nashuatelegraph.com or @Telegraph_DeanS.