30-year sentence given for fatal stabbing of retired captain

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OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — A man who pleaded no contest to fatally stabbing a retired police captain in Oshkosh has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Ian Suzuki, 29, was also given ten years of extended supervision during sentencing Monday in Winnebago County.

Suzuki apologized before he was sentenced, WLUK-TV reported.

“I just wish Jay’s family were here for me to say this, but I just wanted to say to them that I really am sorry for everything that I put them through. Jay was a good man and he should be here instead of me. I just wish there was more that I could do to make up for what I did,” Suzuki said.

The incident happened at Suzuki’s mother’s home in February 2020 during an argument about the conditions for him to live at the residence, police said. Suzuki stabbed Puestohl, a friend of the woman.

As part of a plea deal, Suzuki pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of first-degree reckless homicide. Prosecutors originally charged Suzuki with first-degree intentional homicide, which carries a life sentence, and battery. The battery charge was dismissed.