Richard Allen Large, 24, was sentenced Tuesday by Dis-trict Judge Rich-ard Darby to 35 years in the state De-partment of Corrections, with 10 years suspended, on a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; 35 years with 10 years suspended on a charge of knowingly concealing stolen property; and one year on a charge of eluding/attempting to elude a police officer. All charges are to run concurrently.
Large had been in the Jackson County Jail since his arrest Feb. 28 for knowingly concealing stolen property and eluding a police officer on South Spurgeon. Police were attempting to conduct a field interview with Large following a 911 call from a person who reported having seen him driving on Ridgecrest Road and identifying him as a suspect in the stabbing of Eric French, 31, of Altus. In a search of Large's 1984 Ford Ranger, police found a General Electric meter verified as belonging to the city of Altus.
French was stabbed by two knife wielding men around 10:15 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Dixie Quik Stop, 1001 E. Ridgecrest Road -- once in the upper torso near his neck, and in his right side.
According to an affidavit filed in District Court, French was treated and released at Jackson County Memorial Hospital with three stitches in each wound.
While French was talking with a woman who was working at the store, the affidavit says, a man wearing a blue bandana on his face approached him, lunged and stabbed him in the left side of the neck. French was defending himself against the attacker, with his back to the front door, when a second attacker stabbed him in his lower right side. Both attackers ran from the store.
On March 14, the affidavit says, during an interview with an Altus police detective, Large described in detail his involvement in the stabbing and said that he was intending to rob the store, wearing the bandana to hide his identity. In a photo lineup, he reluctantly identified Brett L. Benivamondez, 22, of 1024 Burns, as the second suspect. Benivamondez was arrested April 15, charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
The District Attorney's office cites three former convictions and sentencings in the state DOC for Large. They include a 10-year sentence for a conviction March 28, 2002, for possession of a controlled substance; a three-year sentence for a conviction July 1, 1998, for uttering a forged instrument; and a three-year sentence for a conviction July 1, 1998, for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
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