WAYNESBORO, VA (Rocktown Now) — It is three years in jail for the North Carolina man who was arrested in August following an assault in Waynesboro.

According to online records, William Guthrie pleaded guilty to a felony charge of malicious wounding during a hearing this morning in Waynesboro Circuit Court. 

A judge then sentenced the 46-year-old Guthrie to eight years in prison with five of those years suspended. 

It stemmed from an incident on August first in the 100-block of Short Street.

Officers found a 56-year-old man from Pennsylvania unconscious with life-threatening injuries. He was eventually treated and released from UVA Medical Center.

Guthrie was taken into custody after receiving medical treatment for his injuries.