Dylan Douglas Snook

The Astoria man found guilty Thursday, July 2 of stabbing another man and threatening four others was sentenced to nine years in prison during a hearing Thursday in Clatsop County Circuit Court.

Dylan Douglas Snook, 33, was found guilty on 13 counts after a three-day trial last week.

The charges included first-degree assault, five counts of unlawful use of a weapon against another person, and five counts of menacing and fourth-degree assault. An attempted murder charge was reduced to attempted first-degree assault.

Prosecutor Scott McCracken recommended a nearly 14-year sentence at the hearing.

“This is a very serious incident. A lot of people were affected by it and will be affected for many years going forward,” McCracken said.

Snook’s defense lawyer Jerry Widawski asked for the minimum sentence of 90 months, or just over seven years.

Widawski noted Snook’s minor criminal history, which was completely clean the past four years prior to the stabbing incident in Seaside last summer. The defense lawyer described the incident as a perfect storm of bad events that occurred.

“90 months is going to ruin his life anyway, so we ask the court for the minimum amount as possible,” Widawski said.

Snook was arrested and booked Aug. 18, a day after the stabbing incident that occurred near the 300 block of Broadway Street in Seaside. Snook stabbed one man and threatened four others with the knife. All five victims testified at trial.

The stabbing victim, who had two punctures near his back, reported the stabbing to officers.

“Although I maintain my position that, at the time, I was defending myself from what I believed to be serious bodily harm, possible death, if I could make that night not happen, I would,” Snook said at the sentencing hearing.

Snook’s mother, Susan Wheeler, also spoke at the hearing Thursday.

As part of his sentence, Snook was directed to have no contact with the victims and pay $2,297 in restitution.

Judge Philip Nelson reminded Snook that had the stabbing victim died, Snook could have been facing murder charges.

“A lot of things could have been a lot worse, it’s bad enough as it was,” Nelson said.