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Victim to get $25,000 in crab cake stabbing
Man ordered to pay restitution in scuffle over who was first in takeout line
By Sharahn Boykin Baltimore Sun Reporter

A 32-year-old Reisterstown man who stabbed a customer he claimed pushed ahead of him in a crabcake takeout line was ordered Wednesday to pay $25,000 restitution but will serve no jail time.

Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Michele D. Jaklitsch suspended a 10-year prison sentence for Keith Anthony Rantin Jr., of the 300 block of Norgulf Road and sentenced him to five years’ probation. She said she feared the victim would receive no compensation if Rantin served prison time.p> “I think that it is important for the victim to get his money rather than wait seven to 10 years when he gets out,” Jaklitsch said. “He may never get his money.”

Rantin declined to speak in court, but pleaded guilty to first- degree assault against 39-year-old Jeffrey Rites, 39, of Violetville.

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