A Chicago man was sentenced to five years in prison after he pleaded guilty at the Skokie courthouse this week to stabbing another man during a 2015 fight in a Skokie bar, court records show.
James I. Vechiola, 52, of the 2800 block of West Touhy Avenue in Chicago pleaded guilty to aggravated battery at the Skokie courthouse on Monday and was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay fees and fines, records show. An attempted murder charge was dropped in exchange for Vechiola’s pleading guilty to one count of aggravated battery.
Vechiola and a 52-year-old Wheaton man got into an argument at Skokie House Bar in the 7800 block of Lincoln Avenue in Skokie in March 2015 that escalated into a fight, authorities said. They said Vechiola pulled a knife and stabbed the other man several times.
Brian L. Cox is a freelancer.
