Man gets jail time, ordered to pay nearly $113K for stabbing in Philipsburg
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- Man pleaded guilty to aggravated and simple assault; attempted homicide dropped.
- Judge sentenced him to 11 1/2 to 23 1/2 months in jail, three years probation.
- Judge also ordered nearly $113,000 restitution.
A man was sentenced Friday to about five years of supervision, including jail time, and was ordered to pay nearly $113,000 for stabbing another man in the neck during a roadside argument in Philipsburg.
Noah R. G. Fremer, 21, of Jefferson County, was sentenced to 11 1/2 to 23 1/2 months in the Centre County Correctional Facility. He received credit for nearly six months served, making him eligible for parole in August.
Fremer was also sentenced to three years of probation. His restitution payments will go toward the medical bills of the man he stabbed.
He pleaded guilty in January to a felony count of aggravated assault, a misdemeanor count of simple assault and a summary offense of criminal mischief. Four charges were dropped, including a felony count of attempted homicide.
Centre County Judge Julia Rater signed off on the plea deal Friday. Fremer did not offer a statement during the hearing.
After leaving Black Moshannon State Park in August, Fremer and a handful of others stopped along the 1500 block of East Presqueisle Street because of car trouble.
An argument ensued after Fremer confronted the 20-year-old man about the age difference him and someone state police at Rockview only described in an affidavit of probable cause as a juvenile.
After he was pushed to the ground, witnesses told police Fremer pulled out a knife and made a comment along the lines of “you’re gonna be dead.” He later stabbed the man in the neck, police wrote.
At least two witnesses told troopers they either feared for the man or thought he might die. During an interview with police, Fremer said he was “roughed up” during the fight and brandished the knife to protect himself.
The man was transported to Mount Nittany Medical Center before being flown to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, where he received three stitches. An emergency room doctor told troopers the stabbing was about one-tenth of an inch from killing him.