ALLEN COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - A Mansfield man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for a March 5, 2024 stabbing incident on E. Fourth Street in Lima.

Mansfield man gets 17 years for stabbing another man in Lima

Rocky Hayner was sentenced to 17 years in prison.

30-year-old Rocky Hayner pleaded guilty to the charges of aggravated burglary and felonious assault in Allen County Common Pleas Court.

Mansfield man gets 17 years for stabbing another man in Lima

30-year-old Rocky Hayner pleaded guilty to the charges of aggravated burglary and felonious assault.

During a preliminary hearing, Lima Police detectives said that Hayner rode a bicycle from Mansfield to confront a man who was seeing Hayner's ex-girlfriend. Hayner claimed he didn't like how the man was treating her. Detectives say the two fought, and Hayner stabbed him and left him with serious injuries.

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