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Butler pleads guilty to Arlee stabbings

Bryce Gray | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years, 11 months AGO
by Bryce Gray
| August 14, 2013 4:10 PM

POLSON — Nathan Adam Butler, the 17-year-old accused of going on a deadly stabbing rampage in an Arlee home last November, appeared in Lake County District Court last Wednesday and pleaded guilty to three felony counts facing him as part of a plea agreement.

Butler admitted to one count of deliberate homicide, one count of attempted deliberate homicide and one count of assault with a weapon. He was reduced to tears upon entering the plea.

The youth will return to court for sentencing on Sept. 18, although the plea agreement recommends a term of 80 years in prison. During the hearing, Butler’s attorney, Noel Larrivee, expressed hope that “because of [his client’s] age, the court has some discretion about whether to impose the mandatory minimum.”

The early-morning attack on Nov. 12, 2012 claimed the life of Butler’s 51-year-old stepfather, John Fisher. Butler’s mother and another occupant of the home were also stabbed, but survived the injuries they sustained in the incident.

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