LOCKBOURNE, Ohio — A man convicted of beating his wife's heroin supplier with a baseball bat has been sentenced to probation by an Ohio judge, who noted extensive support for the defendant from a community fed up with drug problems.
reported that Edwin Sobony II could have faced eight years in prison, but was sentenced Wednesday to two years of probation for felonious assault.
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Franklin County Judge Charles Schneider said he doesn't support "vigilante justice," but concluded that Sobony is unlikely to re-offend. Schneider said he received lots of letters in support of Sobony before sentencing and people offered to pay Sobony's legal bills.
The 38-year-old apologized in court for the December beating, which left the alleged supplier with skull fractures. Sobony said he was trying to protect his family.
Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com