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SANDY — A Sandy man has pleaded guilty to assaulting a runner after a road-rage confrontation.

William Kyle Hackett, 54, was charged last December in 3rd District Court with aggravated assault, a second-degree felony, and property damage, a class A misdemeanor. On Nov. 7, he pleaded guilty as part of a plea in abeyance to a reduced charge of assault, a class A misdemeanor. In exchange, the property damage charge was dropped.

As part of his plea, Hackett will be placed on court probation for the next 18 months while he has to complete an anger management course and community service. If Hackett successfully completes all of the abeyance requirements, the assault charge will be dropped.

Hackett was arrested in December 2024 after he got into a fight wit

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