{"id":42980,"date":"2025-11-11T22:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T22:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/42980\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T22:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T22:27:08","slug":"tallahassee-man-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison-for-2019-stabbing-attack-on-fsu-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/42980\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee man sentenced to 10 years in prison for 2019 stabbing attack on FSU student"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; A Tallahassee man accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/content\/news\/Students-react--564065601.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/content\/news\/Students-react--564065601.html\">attacking and robbing a Florida State University student<\/a> is now headed to prison. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Court records show 42-year-old Rodney Joyner was sentenced late Monday to ten years in prison, followed by 15 more on probation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-center article-text\">More on crime in our area: <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Per court documents, Joyner tackled a student to the ground outside of Gilchrist Hall and robbed him of his phone while holding a knife. The student reportedly escaped and alerted police by pressing a button on a nearby campus security pole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The student sustained an injury to the back of their head that required staples, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Joyner was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2025\/10\/08\/man-found-guilty-aggravated-battery-robbery-2019-knife-attack-robbery-fsu-campus\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2025\/10\/08\/man-found-guilty-aggravated-battery-robbery-2019-knife-attack-robbery-fsu-campus\/\">found guilty of robbery and aggravated battery <\/a>at trial last month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To keep up with the latest news as it develops, follow WCTV on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCTV.tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wctvnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WCTVEyewitnessNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nextdoor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Have a news tip or see an error? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2025\/11\/11\/tallahassee-man-sentenced-10-years-prison-2019-stabbing-attack-fsu-student\/mailto:news@wctv.tv?subject=Correction%20Needed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Write to us here<\/a>. 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