Sentence Handed Down In Fatal Bridgeport Road Rage Stabbing

BRIDGEPORT, CT — The 39-year-old Bridgeport man accused of fatally stabbing another Bridgeport man during a December 2014 road rage on the Route 8/25 Connector in Bridgeport was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday, reports the Connecticut Post.

Anthony Espinal, a former Milford restaurant cook, was found guilty in December of second-degree manslaughter in the stabbing death of Bryant Kelly, 27. Bryant, also a cook at a different Milford restaurant, and Espinal were both driving home when they got into a road rage altercation.

Superior Court Judge Robin Pavia sentenced Espinal to 10 years in prison, the maximum, suspended after seven years. He must also complete five years of supervised release.

In a statement to the Post, Keisha Kelly, Bryant's mother, blasted the ruling and sentence. Espinal had been charged with murder but a jury found him not guilty of that charge.

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