SALINA, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas man diagnosed with schizophrenia has been sentenced to more than four years at a state hospital and one year in jail in connection to stabbing a convenience store employee during an attempted robbery.
The Salina Journal reports (https://bit.ly/1kjZw4W ) that Alexander Phouthavong was sentenced Monday. The Saline County attorney says a state mental evaluation found Phouthavong to be a paranoid schizophrenic.
He pleaded no contest in January to two felony and two misdemeanor charges in the March 2013 attack.
He was sentenced to four and a half years at the Larned State Hospital for the attack on the Kwik Shop clerk. He was also sentenced to one year in the Saline County Jail for battery of a law enforcement officer.
A charge of attempted aggravated robbery was dropped.
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Information from: The Salina (Kan.) Journal, https://www.salina.com
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