Fight Death



WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) - A Watertown man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter and aggravated assault in the death of a man following a fight in a parking lot behind a bar was sentenced to seven years in prison.

29-year-old Jerrin Stulken was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to second-degree manslaughter and aggravated assault for the death of 26 year-old Justin Jaton of Watertown.

Stulken was also ordered to pay $8,600 in restitution to the Jaton family. He had faced up to 25 years in prison.

Authorities say the fight happened March 13, and Jaton died 18 days later in a Sioux Falls hospital.

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Locations: South DakotaWatertown
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