January 8, 2012 at 3:17am
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Despite pleas for leniency, a former Army Ranger has been sentenced to a decade in prison for a bar brawl stabbing that left a man injured.
Family and friends of 22-year-old Alfred Joseph Sanchez pleaded with Thurston County Superior Court Judge Christine Pomeroy to have leniency because of his previous clean criminal record and three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, The Olympian reported.
But Pomeroy sided with prosecutors and handed out the 10-year sentence, saying that Sanchez's actions were "reckless."
Sanchez served with 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. He had been found guilty at trial of first-degree assault with a deadly weapon in December for the March 2009 stabbing of Brad Merten.
The stabbing stemmed from a fight between Rangers at an Olympia bar and Merten's group. The stabbing left Merten with a punctured lung, broken rib and damaged liver.
Sanchez's attorney said she will appeal the sentence.
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Nikki Sanchez said on Feb. 07, 2012 at 11:51am
Please help Joey!!!!
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