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Pittsfield man sentenced to 6 months for bar stabbing

A Pittsfield man will spend nearly six months in prison for stabbing a man at a Youngsville establishment last October.

Jacob R. Sandt has been sentenced by Judge Gregory Hammond on counts of simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.

According to the affidavit for probable cause, the victim in the case purchased drinks for a group of women that were at the bar with Sandt between 1 and 2 a.m. on Oct. 7.

“The defendant was angry that (the victim) bought drinks for his girlfriend and her girlfriends,” Youngsville Borough Police wrote in the affidavit.

The victim sat down with Sandt and spoke to him, according to police. He stood up and, as he began to walk away, knocked Sandt’s hat off his head, police said.

“That is when Sandt turned and stabbed (the victim) in the stomach area,” police said. “This caused others to react and get involved until the bartender started kicking people out.”

The victim was initially unsure of what he had been struck with, but was in a lot of pain, according to police. “When he pulled up his shirt and saw the blood he realized that he had been stabbed in the stomach.”

Police said the victim was treated immediately by a nurse but did not seek treatment in a hospital until “a few days later.”

Sandt’s attorney, Grant Travis, thanked District Attorney Rob Greene for working with him on the plea and said that the “facts are unique.”

“When you go into a bar, things can occur,” Travis said, noting that his client produced a folding knife which “resulted in a wound to the victim. There’s a victim here. We knowledge that.”

But he said the victim who worked with Greene acknowledged that the men who approached Sandt played a role in the incident.

Travis outlined mental health issues and argued that he “doesn’t think this is a garden variety-type stabbing case that comes through the court.”

Assistant District Attorney Tatiana Malys cited Sandt’s age and added that he “started criminal activity in a very dangerous manager.”

Hammond said that there might be some dispute and differing version of events he said: “a knife isn’t a response to either.”

Sandt was sentenced Friday to six months to two years less one day incarceration with credit for three days time served, $875 in fines and fees, a no contact/trespass order, 30 hours of community service, work release and early reentry eligibility and to undergo a mental health evaluation and comply with any recommendations on a count of simple assault with a deadly weapon used enhancement applied.

On a count of recklessly endangering another person, he was sentenced to one-year consecutive probation, a $500 fine and 15 hours of community service.

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