Sentencing has been delayed for a St. Joseph man convicted by a jury last year for assaulting another man with a pipe.

Officials say Lawrence Lake is serving a prison sentence for non-support at the Moberly Correctional Center and was not returned to St. Joe in time for a sentencing hearing scheduled Thursday morning.

As we reported in March, a Buchanan County jury returned a guilty verdict on one count of 2nd-degree assault, a class-c felony. Witnesses said Lake attacked Randal Riley with a pipe on August 27, 2016, knocking him unconscious and causing serious head injuries. He faces up to seven years in prison.

Circuit Judge Daniel Kellogg rescheduled the case for May 18 at 10:30 a.m.