BOSTON, March 28, 2018— A South End man has been sentenced to prison after he admitted to his role in a 2017 robbery and near-fatal stabbing, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

DAVONGIE STONE, 21, today pleaded guilty to charges of armed assault with intent to murder, armed robbery, and aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Robert Tochka sentenced him to seven years in state prison to be followed by three years of probation during which time Stone is ordered to undergo mental health treatment.

Had the case proceeded to trial, Assistant District Attorney David McGowan of the DA’s Senior Trial Unit would have presented evidence and testimony to prove that Stone and a second man followed, attacked, and robbed the victim as he walked alone in the area of Washington and Winter streets at approximately 12:40 a.m. on Sept. 3. Public safety cameras captured the two men assault the victim and reach at the area of his waist as he lay on the ground. The men then began to walk away, but Stone returned and continued his assault on the victim.

During the attack, the victim suffered life-threatening stab wounds to the chest and other injuries and was rushed to Tufts Medical Center.

Witnesses were able to provide responding Boston Police information about the assailant’s path of flight, leading them to Downtown Crossing MBTA station. Additional public safety cameras at the station captured Stone as he jumped over a fare gate. As he did so, prosecutors would have proved, he left a handprint on the metal surface on each side of the gate. Boston Police criminalists were able to lift the assailant’s handprints from the surfaces and subsequently match them to fingerprints taken from Stone during a prior arrest.

Jennifer Sears was the DA’s assigned victim-witness advocate. Stone was represented by Alyssa Hackett.

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All defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.