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NewsJuly 9, 2009

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- A Zalma, Mo., man pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree assault in connection to a July 3, 2006, stabbing, according to Bollinger County Prosecuting Attorney Stephen Gray. Ralph R. Carnahan, 20, appeared in Butler County court on a change of venue and received a suspended 10-year sentence in prison with a 90-day shock incarceration penalty to be served in the Butler County Jail...

Southeast Missouri

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- A Zalma, Mo., man pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree assault in connection to a July 3, 2006, stabbing, according to Bollinger County Prosecuting Attorney Stephen Gray.

Ralph R. Carnahan, 20, appeared in Butler County court on a change of venue and received a suspended 10-year sentence in prison with a 90-day shock incarceration penalty to be served in the Butler County Jail.

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After the jail time, Carnahan will be placed on supervised probation for five years.

The sentence was part of a plea agreement with the state, Gray said.

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