Judge Mark Hocker told Joel Keltz that the testimony from his family members indicated to him that he was a person capable of showing love and kindness.
However, Hocker said before handing down a 40-year prison sentence that there was nothing kind nor loving in the evidence of Keltz’s involvement in a brutal, street-justice style beating of Timothy Bond and his criminal history.
Keltz faced 25 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty as charged of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after a three-day trial that began on June 1…