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24-year-old sentenced in metal pole attack

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GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. -- A 24-year old has pleaded guilty to attempted assault stemming from an attack with a metal pole.

Cory Blinsinger, 24-years old from Stevers Mills Road, Broadalbin plead guilty to felony Attempted Assault in the 1st-Degree after an attack on S. Judson Street on Jan. 7, 2012 at 3:08 a.m. in the City of Gloversville. 

According to the D.A., Blinsinger followed the victim after he had words with him at a party. He then struck the victim twice in the head with a metal pole.  The victim was sent via helicopter to Albany Medical Center, where he was treated for an open skull fracture and had a titanium plate surgically inserted in his head to aid in his recovery.

Blinsinger is scheduled to be sentenced on May 14, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. and will receive a 4-year prison sentence for the attack.

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