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Tuesday, 31 January 2012 15:47 |
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to two
counts of simple assault for a barroom scuffle with South Dakota
lawmakers.
Mark Bardwell of Zimmerman, Minn., was sentenced to 15 days in
jail in Pierre. Bardwell will serve another 15 days in a Minnesota
jail, an arrangement made so he can take part in a work-release
program and continue working as driver of a food delivery truck.
Bardwell also will pay $840 in fines and court costs and another
$150 in restitution to a lawmaker who was cut in the fight on Nov.
4 in a Fort Pierre motel bar.
A groups of lawmakers said Bardwell briefly pulled out a knife,
put it back in a sheath, and then tried to punch House Speaker Val
Rausch. The lawmakers then subdued Bardwell.
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