Two sentenced for beating 101st wounded Afghanistan veteran

Two sentenced for beating war veteran outside The Page
By Elizabeth Dinan
May 17, 2012

BRENTWOOD — Two men were sentenced to state prison Wednesday for kicking war veteran Stephen Bohn outside The Page Restaurant & Bar in Portsmouth until his bladder ruptured.

First to be sentenced in Rockingham Superior Court for the July 16, 2011, assault was Daniel May, who was sentenced to two to five years and given 305 days' credit for his pretrial confinement. Assistant County Attorney Howard Helrich told the court Bohn bumped into May or his girlfriend on a dance floor in The Page, and a "pushing match" ensued. Both were asked to leave the bar and the friction escalated into a "full blown fight" outside, Helrich said.

May was arrested at the scene while Bohn was en route to Portsmouth Regional Hospital for emergency surgery, Helrich said.

At the time of the assault, Bohn, a retired Army specialist from the 101st Airborne Division, was still recovering from injuries he received three years earlier when a suicide bomber attacked his camp in Afghanistan.

Helrich read a statement by Bohn, who attended the hearings with his mother and stepfather. Through the prosecutor, Bohn described the incident as "a nightmare."
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