Hunter
06/18/20
A Cedar Rapids man who allegedly held down Chris Bagley while another man stabbed him to death is set to plead next week to voluntary manslaughter.
In exchange for the prosecution dropping first degree murder charges against 34-year-old Drew Wagner, he will plead to the manslaughter charge, as well as assault while participating in a felony, conspiracy to commit a forcible felony, abuse of a corpse, and obstruction of prosecution. He faces up to 37 years in prison instead of the life in prison without parole the murder charge carries.
State prosecutors agreed to run the charges consecutively with a mandatory minimum of ten years served before he would be eligible for parole.
The other man reportedly involved in Bagley’s murder, 33-year-old Drew Blahnik, still faces first-degree murder charges. His trial is set for February, but his lawyers are asking the trial to be moved out of Linn County next week.