Idaho man sentenced for attacks
The Associated Press | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 2 months AGO
MISSOULA (AP) — A 28-year-old man who pleaded guilty to attacking two Missoula women last summer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
District Judge Karen Townsend sentenced William Ashley Sandel II on Tuesday to 30 years in prison with 15 suspended for felony aggravated assault, along with concurrent six-month sentences for two misdemeanor counts of sexual assault.
Prosecutors say the Idaho man had been in Montana for less than a week when he attacked a woman while she jogged on July 5. Several days later, he choked a woman and wrestled her to the ground. Sandel told prosecutors both attacks were sexually motivated.
Sandel apologized, saying he was drunk and stupid at the time of the attacks.
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