Austin man sentenced in Mower County District Court after pleading guilty to assault charge

An Austin man who shot another man with a BB gun when he attempted to purchase marijuana with a counterfeit $100 bill in the Walmart parking lot on the evening of Monday, March 4th, 2019 has been sentenced to supervised probation and a fine in Mower County District Court.  

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19-year old Casey David Rowe was sentenced Thursday to five years of supervised probation and was also ordered to perform 40 hours of community work service.

Rowe pleaded guilty to a charge of 2nd degree assault for his role in the incident where authorities reported that a fight broke out during a drug deal and Rowe shot a man several times with a BB gun.