Ryan King appears before Manitowoc County court via Zoom, January 9, 2024. (Manitowoc Co. court/Zoom)
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Ryan King was convicted Tuesday in connection with a May 2022 stabbing, and will be sentenced July 11.
King, 38, pleaded no contest to first-degree reckless injury, while two counts of false imprisonment were dropped, court records show. The reckless injury count is reduced charge from the attempted homicide count he previously faced.
According to a probable cause statement by the police, officers were called to a residence on S. 20th Street shortly after midnight by a woman who said her nephew, King, stabbed her son, Nicholas Beaupre, 36.
After being taken to the hospital, the Beaupre said the King “began saying something about Satan and King began stabbing Beaupre. He and King were not arguing or fighting when King began stabbing him,” the report states.
King told police he was upset with Beaupre for insulting him, but denied grabbing a knife or stabbing him.
Many details of the extent of the injuries are redacted from the report, but at a previous hearing, Assistant District Attorney Anthony Lambrecht said Beaupre was stabbed at least five times and suffered a collapsed lung.
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