SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) – A Massachusetts man who stabbed another man to death in a parking garage during a dispute over vandalism to a car has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
The Republican newspaper reports that 30-year-old Anthony Casiano was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the November 2016 death of Benjamin Lariviere in Springfield.
Casiano had faced a murder charge but pleaded to the lesser offense under a plea deal that upset the victim’s father, who said the sentence was far too lenient.
Prosecutors say Casiano was in a building adjacent to the garage and thought Lariviere was vandalizing his father’s car. He grabbed a kitchen knife and went to confront Lariviere, who was stabbed several times.
Casiano’s attorney said her client is remorseful.
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