By Brandi Makuski

A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced to just over four years in prison for stabbing his grandmother at her Plover home last summer.

Dylan Carver, of Wausau, attacked his grandmother while she watched television in her Haga Dr. home in July of 2016. According to the complaint, he stabbed her five times in the neck and back with a three-inch knife.

Without calling for help, Carver then smashed the woman’s cell phone in the driveway and took her car, fleeing to Wausau by the time police arrived. He was taken into custody the next day.

The woman, who went to a neighbor’s home for help after Carver left, needed staples to close her wounds. She was present at Carver’s sentencing hearing on Friday.

Carver was initially charged with first-degree attempted intentional homicide, but in a plea deal with District Attorney Louie Molepske he was allowed to plead guilty to the lesser charge of first-degree reckless injury.

The plea deal was made, in part, so the victim would not have to testify against her own grandson, Molepske said.

“Based on the defendant’s age, lack of adult record and the need to protect the public, the state agreed to this plea agreement which will hold the defendant accountable,” Molepske said.

Judge Robert Shannon sentenced Carver to 50 months in prison, followed by 50 months extended supervision, with 443 days credit for time he’s already served.