Irvington man pleads guilty in Auburn fight
MOBILE — A Mobile County man accused of inciting a brawl in front of an Auburn University fraternity house has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and bribery.
Joey Barrett Jr. was sentenced in Lee County Circuit Court to 15 years in prison for the assault but will serve 18 months, with the rest of the sentence to be served on probation.
For the bribery plea, the 25-year-old from Irvington was sentenced to five years, but will serve a year in prison with the rest of the sentence being served on probation.
He was also ordered to pay $11,579 in restitution.
The fight broke out in front of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house on the eve of the 2005 Alabama-Auburn football game. Three fraternity members were stabbed.
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