A Sioux Falls man, Michael James-Phillip Pettigrew, 33, was sentenced to 70 years in prison at the Minnehaha County Courthouse for charges related to three aggravated assaults from October 2022.
Pettigrew was arrested for stabbing two people and causing minor injuries to another individual. The incidents occurred at different locations in Sioux Falls.
Pettigrew faced charges including two counts of first-degree attempted murder and one count of aggravated assault.
He was initially arrested for stabbing a 28-year-old woman multiple times before fleeing in a stolen vehicle. Another victim, a 58-year-old man, was cut near the neck, and a 26-year-old man who intervened was also injured.
Pettigrew was booked into the Minnehaha County jail on several charges, including possession of a stolen vehicle and intentional damage to property.