A 20-year-old Topeka man who pleaded no contest in July to shooting a bouncer outside a former Lawrence bar was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison.
District Judge Kay Huff ordered Dante Marcus Fields to serve the prison term for the March 17 shooting in the parking lot outside the former Taste Lounge, Bar and Grill, 804 W. 24th St.
Fields pleaded no contest to one count of aggravated assault and aggravated battery. Prosecutors said the bouncer Terrance Fowler, 30, of Lawrence, confronted Fields in the parking lot for stealing a tip jar from the bar. Fields pointed a handgun at Fowler and later shot him during a physical struggle.
Lawrence police arrested Fields in a vehicle in west Lawrence minutes later and recovered the gun he had thrown out of the car’s window.
Fowler received treatment for a bullet wound on the left side of his abdomen.
Comments
MacHeath 8 months, 4 weeks ago
Those punk band girls in Russia got 2 years for hooliganism! Soo, they couldn't prove the dude had the gun?
Fatty_McButterpants 8 months, 4 weeks ago
Those punk-band girls were brought up on charges for criticizing Putin's government, so, if you want people here to serve time for political persecution then by all means, use that as an example. As for whether they could prove "the dude had the gun," try re-reading the article and understanding what a plea of no contest means, as well as what an aggravated battery charge encompasses.
MacHeath 8 months, 3 weeks ago
i understad, do you? A Plea bargain? he shot a dude, with the gun they found, and they offered a plea bargain? why was that reduced to aggravated battery? thats my point Fatty!
Renaissance 8 months, 4 weeks ago
I sure hope the $35 he got from the tip jar was worth the next 2 years of his life. I'm sure celebrating your 21st birthday in prison is awesome.
purplesage 8 months, 4 weeks ago
In there interest of tolerance, there were 17 beheaded by some extremeists of a particular world religion for friviolity and partying according to NPR. Ever notice that almost all of this stuff starts at a bar? He would have gotten more time for writing a bad check.
Renaissance 8 months, 3 weeks ago
how many people do you know that get more than 21 months for writing a bad check?
cletus26 8 months, 3 weeks ago
well i be... he work for every minute of his sentence
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