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Man tried for stabbing incident at wake
Posted: 01.26.2009 at 3:08 PM
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The 33-year-old also is charged as a habitual offender, which could result in a longer prison sentence if convicted as charged.

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OCEANA COUNTY (AP) -- A parolee has been ordered tried on charges of stabbing two men at a funeral wake for a man poisoned by moonshine. 

Dennis Jerome Foust of Montague faces trial in Oceana County Circuit Court on two counts of felonious assault and a misdemeanor count of domestic violence.

The 33-year-old also is charged as a habitual offender, which could result in a longer prison sentence if convicted as charged. 

Police say Foust and his wife got into a fight Jan. 9 during the wake for 39-year-old Shawn Davila, who died on New Year's Day from methanol alcohol poisoning.

They say two men were stabbed after intervening in the fight. 

Police say alcohol was being consumed at the wake. 

The Muskegon Chronicle says two other men were sickened by the homemade moonshine, but survived.

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