YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- A Youngstown man has pleaded guilty to a reduced misdemeanor assault charge for slugging a state lawmaker at a restaurant, knocking him unconscious.
Thirty-year-old Dorian Thomas of Youngstown had been charged with felonious assault but pleaded guilty Tuesday to the lesser count. He was sentenced to one year of probation and fined $100.
State Rep. Robert Hagan of Youngstown was in court and accepted Thomas' apology. The two shook hands.
Hagan says the man asked him to step out of the way of his view of belly dancers on the restaurant's stage and taunted him with offensive language. When Hagan told him to back off, the lawmaker got slugged unconscious and needed 11 stitches to close a cut chin.
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