A man who was arrested in connection to a deadly stabbing in New Fairfield in May 2022 has been sentenced.
Troopers and officers from New Fairfield police were called to a home on Hillview Drive East after getting a report of an active assault.
According to state police, the victim, later identified as 65-year-old James Knapp, of Sandy Hook, was transported to Danbury Hospital with a stab wound to his chest. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Troopers said Patrick Griffin, of New Fairfield, was also transported to Danbury Hospital, where he was later taken into custody by detectives from Connecticut State Police.
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Griffin was arrested and charged with manslaughter.
Griffin, 60, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, execution suspended after 16 years served, and five years of probation on a charge of manslaughter in the first degree.
