CORRECTED (Jared Kropf faces only one count of willful injury, not two)
On Tuesday, May 8th, Senior Judge Paul Riffel approved an application to amend class “C” felony charges of willful injury causing serious injury to lesser class “D” felony charges.
The court records only address one of the two charges of willful injury causing serious injury Brandon Kropf faces in the case. It is unclear at this time whether the 2nd charge against Brandon Kropf will stand, be amended, or dismissed as part of the negotiated plea agreement.
Jared Kropf ‘s single class “C” felony charge of willful injury causing serious injury, was also approved in the application to amend to a lesser class “D” felony charge.
Sentencing in the cases has been set for June 26th at 10am in Cerro Gordo County District Court. At sentencing both men now face no more than 5 years in prison for the assaults against two men which caused one of the victims to be seriously injured requiring intensive care at St Mary’s in Rochester after allegedly using bats and crowbars on April 3rd, 2011.
The original class “C” felony charges of willful injury causing serious injury originally filed could have carried up to 10 years in prison under Iowa Code.
Jared Kropf is still awaiting a trial June 12th in an aggravated misdemeanor count of concealing a knife used in a crime alleged to of occurred on July 1st, 2011.