Plea Deal In Jasper Howard Stabbing

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John Lomax III appeared in Rockville ((CT)) Superior Court Friday morning. He pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of first-degree manslaughter and could have received up to 20 years in prison. Lomax, instead, gets 18 years.

"I know it hurts, I know you're suffering," Lomax said while addressing the court before his sentencing.

Authorities say Lomax, who had been charged with murder, stabbed Howard during a fight between a group of football players and another group that included Lomax. Investigators believe the fight started over a comment a football player made about a woman.

Here's WTNH's coverage at the time...

Remarks on woman led to UConn killing : wtnh.com

Cases remain pending against seven other men charged in connection with the fight.

Jaw Jacking Led To Jasper Howard Murder

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It seems that college kids will always be college kids, and athletes will always be athletes. Cliques will be cliques and chest will get puffy...

Apparently, that's what happened the night that UConn football player Jasper Howard was murdered.

Affidavits released show witnesses saw Howard take a swing at one of the guys brought up on charges and that one of his teammates "disrespected" a woman at the dance. That's what started the whole thing....

Thanks to our friends at WTNH-TV in New Haven for the disappointing news...

Arrests Made In Jasper Howard Stabbing

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John William Lomax III is one of three arrests police made today in the stabbing death of Jasper Howard.

In addition to the murder charge, Lomax was also charged with conspiracy to commit assault.

Hakim Muhammad, 20, of Bloomfield, has also been charged with conspiracy to commit assault.

Police say Jamal Todd of Hartford pulled a fire alarm inside the dance, sending about 300 people outside. That's when Jasper, and another UConn student, were stabbed.

Todd has been charged with falsely reporting an incident and reckless endangerment. He has been released on bond and is due back in court on November 10.

According to Lomax's Facebook page, he is friends with Johnny Hood , a Bloomfield man that was arrested for breach of peace and interfering with an officer the day after the incident

Police say the arrest warrants have been sealed.

Here's the police presser, thanks to our friends at WTNH-TV


Here's the Breaking News coverage from WTNH-TV, Tina Detelj was on site...

Jasper Howard Laid To Rest In Miami

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UConn's team arrived on four white buses for Jasper Howard's funeral Monday morning. Each man carried a single white rose, tied with a blue ribbon, as he walked into the church in Howard's hometown.

At the end of the services, the teammates that were with Howard the night he was stabbed spoke to the family, comforting them in saying that Howard was not alone that night.

A viewing was held Sunday, a week after Howard was fatally stabbed outside a dance on Connecticut's campus.

No one has been charged in his death.

Marc Robbins got to cut a package from the studio in New Haven...thanks again to our friends at WTNH-TV


Sound from teammates talking about the stabbing can be found here... also from WTNH...