St. Cloud Murder Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison

(Learfield News/St. Cloud, MN) — A man who pleaded guilty for his role in the 2022 St. Cloud fatal shooting of 39-year-old Michael Batsche has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Fifty-five-year-old Paul Coleman pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree murder in March.

His co-defendant, 44-year-old Alphonso Cotto, was sentenced to over 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.

(Photo: Stearns County Jail)