{"id":22516,"date":"2020-04-21T11:26:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T17:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=64295"},"modified":"2020-04-21T11:26:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T17:26:05","slug":"man-gets-10-years-for-kremmling-stabbing-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/man-gets-10-years-for-kremmling-stabbing-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Man gets 10 years for Kremmling stabbing incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1009\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/NathanCraw-shn-070319-1024x1009.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/NathanCraw-shn-070319-1024x1009.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/NathanCraw-shn-070319-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/07\/NathanCraw-shn-070319-768x757.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Nathan Craw<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>For the woman assaulted by a knife-wielding man last summer in Kremmling, the sentencing of her attacker has done little to ease the pain.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Craw, 39, was sentenced to 10 years in jail on Thursday in Grand County Court after pleading guilty to a second degree assault with a deadly weapon as an act of domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, his victim, Patty Kitchen, is still suffering from the physical and psychological injuries she suffered during the assault, said Julie Sweeney, Kitchen\u2019s caretaker and close friend.<\/p>\n<p>Craw was arrested in late June 2019 after an officer was dispatched to a home on Railroad Avenue at roughly 10:25 p.m. on a report of domestic violence involving a female victim.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"row shn-donation shn-donation-mobile p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=mid-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the warrant for Craw\u2019s arrest, Kitchen suffered multiple stab wounds to the back of her body and her head while Craw had at least one wound on his hand.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking over the phone with Kitchen in the room, Sweeney said that her friend continues to struggle with chewing and talking, and she has many other ongoing medical issues since the attack, including severe nerve damage.<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney said Kitchen lives in fear that Craw will return to attack her again someday, and she gets frightened when approached by someone she doesn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney said that Kitchen probably won\u2019t be able to work again in her life and she will have to have a caretaker for most of her daily functions, as she can\u2019t drive or even really bend over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe will live with this for the rest of her life,\u201d Sweeney said of the injuries Kitchen suffered.<\/p>\n<p>Craw reached a plea agreement with the 14th Judicial District Attorney\u2019s Office, and Judge Mary Hoak sentenced him to serve the maximum amount of time listed in the agreement \u2014 10 years in the Grand County Jail \u2014 via video conference.<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney said that Kitchen was not happy with the plea agreement, but she does support the judge giving Craw the max allowed under the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is still expecting him to show up at her front door,\u201d Sweeney said, explaining that the injuries Kitchens suffered extend much farther than the scars left on her body.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sky-Hi News reporter McKenna Harford contributed to this article.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/man-gets-10-years-for-kremmling-stabbing-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nathan CrawCourtesy photo For the woman assaulted by a knife-wielding man last summer in Kremmling, the sentencing of her attacker has done little to ease the pain. 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