Ex-Montana gridder sentenced in WSU campus assault case

Justin Steve Aaron Strong, 22, was sentenced to two days in jail after he entered an Alford plea to a reduced charge of fourth-degree assault Friday in Whitman County Superior Court.

Strong was sentenced to 90 days in jail with all but two days suspended and credited for the two days he was in jail after his arrest. The sentence was suspended for a year while he is on unsupervised probation.

Strong was originally charged with second degree assault. Under an Alford plea, a defendant does not admit the charges brought against him, but concedes the state’s case against him could lead to a convict...