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Man gets 10 years for role in beating man

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunday, December 7, 2008 - 4:38 p.m.

FOND DU LAC -- A Fond du Lac man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for kicking and burning a man who was suspended upside-down from a tree.

Thirty-seven-year-old Jerrad K. Blake pleaded no contest in September to being party to the crime of aggravated battery.

Prosecutors say Blake and another male beat 59-year-old Royden Haskins Sr. in 2007 after Haskins accused them of sexually harassing a woman.

The criminal complaint says Blake and the other man kicked Haskins in the head 20 to 30 times.

Haskins testified that the pair then hung him upside-down and took running kicks at his head. He says they also lit items on fire to burn him.

A message left late Saturday evening for Blake's lawyer wasn't immediately returned.

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Bluebirds66
Dec 8, 2008 at 12:29 p.m.
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He will just go to prison, pump iron everyday and come out more of a threat after 10 years. Worse yet, he could get out in less time on good behavior. What a great system we have.

msleo
Dec 7, 2008 at 6:51 p.m.
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How sad! I'm glad Mr. Haskins is OK!

lele72082
Dec 7, 2008 at 6 p.m.
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So this Haskins guy is still alive after all he went through? I don't remember hearing about the original story at all. If I was him I'd be extremely irritated that the guy only got 10 years. Sounds like it's a miracle Mr. Haskins is alive!

luluberry_0981
Dec 7, 2008 at 5:56 p.m.
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Nothing like proving your not a sexist jerk by beating the crap out of someone... (sarcasm)

garyprimer
Dec 7, 2008 at 5:32 p.m.
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Not enough.

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