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Ft. Hood Man Sentenced to 50 Years for Stabbing
Ft. Hood man who stabbed a house-sitter for refusing to loan a pick up truck will spend at least 25 years in prison for the assault
Reporter: Paul J. GatelyEmail Address: paul.gately@kwtx.com |
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GATESVILLE (February 4, 2010)-A Ft. Hood man was sentenced to a 50-year prison term Wednesday for stabbing another man who refused to allow the assailant to use a pick up truck.
Michael Curtis Blair, 30, was sentenced in 52nd Judicial District Court after Blair pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery during which he stabbed another man several times in the stomach, chest and neck for refusing to let him borrow a truck. Copperas Cove police requested an arrest warrant for Blair on Sept. 29, 2008, after Richard Myers,60, of Copperas Cove was found stabbed numerous times.
Denton police arrested Blair two days later.
During the punishment phase of the trial Myers testified he was house-sitting for a friend at the time of the stabbing and had allowed Blair to stay at the house.
Myers testified he refused to allow Blair to borrow the homeowner's vehicle and Blair began to stab Myers until he told Blair where the keys were. Blair, who testified he had been using drugs on the day of the stabbing, had served three tours in Iraq.
State law requires to serve at least half the sentence before he is eligible for parole.
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Honestly the comment of serving three tours in Iraq is irrelavant and is no freaking excuse. Other military personnel have served 3 plus tours and have not done anything like this so what is his excuse? An eye for an eye here he deserves what he gets. Way To Go Justice System. No sympathy for this @$$clown.
While I applaud all our men and women who serve in the military, one's service does not give leave to commit crimes. He should be held accountable for his actions.
His victim apparently walked away and this former soldier gets 50 years in jail; meanwhile, that sick freak who murdered 13 people in cold blood in front of witnesses on Fort Hood is still sitting around waiting for a trial??? God save us from the current justice system.
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