A Dillon native was given a 10-year suspended sentence after admitting to stabbing a man in an alley behind the Moose Bar in December 2008.

Tyler Rawson was sentenced Tuesday. As part of a pre-trial agreement, Rawson pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon.

Dillon police say they found Rawson on top of Collyn Vandelier, 23, during a bar fight, which led to Rawson brandishing a three-and-a-half inch blade and stabbing Vandelier in the sternum.

Experts testified Tuesday that the stab wound was only inches from being fatal. However, Judge Loren Tucker found Rawson to be sincere and remorseful after apologizing to Vandelier in the courtroom.

(From Nov. 16, 2009)

A former Dillon man who admitted to stabbing a man in an alley behind the Moose Bar in December 2008 will appear in District Court in Dillon Tuesday for sentencing.

Tyler Rawson, 27, pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon as part of a pre-trial agreement. As a result, charges of attempted deliberate homicide and aggravated assault were dropped. 

Collyn Bandeler, 23, was stabbed in the incident.  As part of a pre trial agreement Rawson pleaded guilty to assault with weapon.  As a result the charge of attempted deliberate homicide and aggravated assault were dropped. 

Also in court Tuesday is Brian Rand who will be sentenced for possessing dangerous drugs and distribution of drugs by solicitation while in the Beaverhead County Detention Center. 

Shelby Lawrie, 20, was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to delivering drugs to Rand and another inmate after prescription pills were found sewn into the waistbands of underwear.