- Fourth District Judge Derek Pullan sentenced Kayden Gauger to one year in jail, but said he is on a short leash warning him not to violate probation.
- Gauger pleaded guilty on Sept. 15 to assaulting another man with a hammer in June.
- The victim spoke about his ongoing health and financial issues due to the assault.
PROVO — After reviewing an 18-year-old’s case for hours ahead of his sentencing, 4th District Judge Derek Pullan said he thought sending the teenager to prison would be an “easy decision.”
But after hearing arguments from both sides and comments from Kayden Paul Gauger and the man he pleaded guilty to assaulting with a hammer, Pullan took about one additional hour to consider the sentence and chose instead to suspend the prison sentence.
The judge ordered Gauger to serve a full year in jail, without credit for time he already served or for good behavior, and then spend three years on probation…