OCEANA COUNTY, Mich. — An Oceana County man will spend years in prison for cutting another man's throat and nearly killing him earlier this year.
Logan Duvall, 24, was charged with three counts stemming from an assault with a knife in a Shelby in July.
In October, Duvall took a plea deal and pled no contest to a charge of Assault with Intent to Murder. He was sentenced to 15 to 60 years in prison.
Duvall originally pled not guilty at his arraignment in July.
The incident happened around 2:30 a.m. Monday, July 1 at a home in downtown Shelby. A man showed up at the hospital in Shelby with a "severe" cut on his neck.
Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast said that the man told a story to hospital staff that they believed to be fabricated. When the man was questioned by deputies, he said he had been assaulted by an associate of his at his home.
When the man told deputies the name of his assailant, they recognized it right away.
"We are familiar with the suspect," said Mast. "He was out on bond. He really should have been in jail. But he was released on bond for whatever reason."
Mast said he was told by hospital staff that if the victim's neck injury had been any worse, it could have killed him.
Due to law enforcement's prior "violent" experiences with Duvall, Mast said they called in the SWAT team from Mason County to help in surrounding the home, where Duvall lives with his mom.
"We called the suspect out, he came out a couple times," said Mast. "When he did, he was threatening."
Mast said Duvall kept coming out of the home with knives and retreating back inside.
"We gave him a little bit of encouragement," said Mast. "He did then come out of the house with two other gentlemen."
Duvall and one of the two other men were arrested around 8 a.m. that morning. Mast said nobody was injured besides the initial victim.
Duvall was on parole for Larceny of Firearms and Larceny of Ammunition and on bond for Stealing a Motor Vehicle at the time of the assault. The judge said he was also suspected of stealing more vehicles in Muskegon County.
