Crime & Public Safety
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Athens man gets 25 years for stabbing, killing man during drunken brawl

Rico Tayaassa Mitts
Rico Tayaassa Mitts
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Sept 4, 2018

An Athens man was sentenced to 25 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing another man during a drunken fight in 2017, the Athens Banner-Herald reported.

Rico Tayaassa Mitts, 42, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault and possession of a knife during the commission of a felony, the newspaper reported.

He was initially charged with malice and felony murder in the stabbing death of Albert Darnell Brown. The 37-year-old Athens man was fatally stabbed in the chest in September 2017, AJC.com previously reported.

RELATED: Suspect in deadly stabbing jailed on murder charge

Athens police say Brown got into a fight with Mitts near Merlin Drive. Mitts ran away from the scene, but he was arrested nearby, police said.

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