Over 30 Years in Prison for Deadly Beating
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Donald Suttle, Jr. is sentenced to 33-50 years in prison for his part in the fatal beating of a man outside a Lansing bar last New Years day. Video by fox47news.com
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LANSING - A man who participated in a beating outside a downtown Lansing bar that led to a death was sentenced to at least 33 years in prison.
Donald Suttle Jr. received the 33-50 year sentence in a Lansing courtroom Wednesday morning. Suttle was convicted of second degree murder in the death of 30-year-old Travis Peterson outside Brannigan Brothers tavern on Washington Avenue in the early morning hours of News Year's day.
Suttle worked as a bouncer at Brannigan Brothers. Another man, Austin Smith, who also worked for Brannigan Brothers, is scheduled for trial in January.
Prosecutors say the men severely beat Peterson on a sidewalk, after Peterson was thrown out of the bar. Peterson, who suffered a skull fracture, died two days later.
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