delemorte
12-05-2007, 09:09 AM
OMG!!!!
http://www.wnem.com/news/14777754/detail.html
FLINT, Mich. -- A 21-year-old Flint-area man has received a prison sentence of at least 5 1/2 years for a mutilating hammer attack on an exotic dancer.
Austin M. Schmidt earlier pleaded no contest in Genesee County Circuit Court to a reduced charge of assault with intent to do great bodily harm.
He'd been charged with attempted murder.
Authorities said Schmidt and Abbie VanAmburg smoked marijuana and were sitting in his car last year when he told her to close her eyes so he could give her a Sweetest Day gift.
Police said the Mundy Township man then repeatedly struck the 23-year-old with a hammer.
VanAmburg testified she received 30 blows to her head and arm.
She said she needed 25 staples and 50 stitches, and had an ear reattached.
Jay Clothier, Schmidt's attorney, said the attack was completely out of character and Schmidt was deeply remorseful.
http://www.wnem.com/news/14777754/detail.html
FLINT, Mich. -- A 21-year-old Flint-area man has received a prison sentence of at least 5 1/2 years for a mutilating hammer attack on an exotic dancer.
Austin M. Schmidt earlier pleaded no contest in Genesee County Circuit Court to a reduced charge of assault with intent to do great bodily harm.
He'd been charged with attempted murder.
Authorities said Schmidt and Abbie VanAmburg smoked marijuana and were sitting in his car last year when he told her to close her eyes so he could give her a Sweetest Day gift.
Police said the Mundy Township man then repeatedly struck the 23-year-old with a hammer.
VanAmburg testified she received 30 blows to her head and arm.
She said she needed 25 staples and 50 stitches, and had an ear reattached.
Jay Clothier, Schmidt's attorney, said the attack was completely out of character and Schmidt was deeply remorseful.