HTN: UB Student Takes Plea in Beating Case

A U-B student has pleaded guilty to his role in the near-fatal beating of a fellow student. Prosecutors say 23-year-old Charles Jordan entered a guilty plea to reduced charges of assault, after he had faced attempted murder charges. Police say Jordan and 24-year-old Kevin Rowland beat and stomped Michael Bliss outside the Steer Restaurant on Main Street last March. Bliss was left confined to a wheelchair for life. Jordan faces up to one year in jail. Rowland faces eight years behind bars, after pleading guilty to assault charges as the leader of the attack.