White Bear Lake stabbing nets 7½-year sentence

Nov 01 Breaking Twin Cities 1 source

Ramsey County District Court on Oct. 31, 2025 sentenced 20-year-old Jeffrey Thomas Rice to 90 months in prison for repeatedly stabbing 22-year-old Mason Fike during a July 27, 2024 confrontation on Southwood Drive in White Bear Lake, after Rice pled guilty to first-degree assault. An attempted murder charge was dismissed under the August plea agreement; Fike’s victim-impact statement detailed life-threatening injuries as police records describe Rice fleeing before being stopped and a pocketknife recovered nearby.

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Defendant: Jeffrey Thomas Rice, 20; Sentence: 90 months (7½ years) in prison
Charge: First-degree assault via plea; attempted murder count dismissed
Incident: July 27, 2024, 2100 block of Southwood Drive, White Bear Lake; victim stabbed in multiple organs
Victim: Mason Fike, now 22, submitted a statement describing lasting trauma and injuries
Police: Rice confronted the couple, threw first punch, stabbed Fike; fled but was stopped; pocketknife later found

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Twin Cities by Nick Ferraro October 31, 2025