Man sentenced to prison for fatal 2021 night club stabbing
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Columbus man could spend up to the next 24 1/2 years in prison for a fatal 2021 stabbing at an east Columbus nightclub.
Warren Tucker, 35, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter with a repeat offender specification. He was sentenced to between 11 and 16 1/2 years for the manslaughter charge with an additional 8 years added for the specification.
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Upon release, Tucker will have to serve between 2 and 5 years of post-release control.
In exchange for the guilty plea, murder, aggravated murder, and aggravated robbery charges were dropped, according to court records.
Tucker was charged with stabbing 34-year-old Clyde Woods Jr. at the Columbus Confidential club on Lake Club Drive on June 12, 2021. Woods would die a few hours later at the hospital.
Tucker was arrested in May 2022.
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