Crime & Safety

Three Sentenced In Brutal Assault On 79-Year-Old In New Haven

The victim sustained a concussion, fractured ribs and a heavily-damaged knee.

NEW HAVEN, CT — Three people were sentenced between 2.5 and three years in prison for assaulting a 79-year-old Yale professor.

The victim was knocked down Nov. 27, 2015 in the East Rock neighborhood and then brutally assaulted, according to the New Haven Register. He was knocked out, suffered a damaged knee and fractured ribs.

Aymir Holland, now 17 was sentenced to serve 2.5 years in prison while Kelton Gilbert and Lawrence Minor, 20, were sentenced to serve three years in prison.

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