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Anaconda man pleads not guilty in sucker-punch assault

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BUTTE — An Anaconda man appeared in Butte court Thursday in connection with a sucker-punch assault at a Butte bar earlier this year.

Brandon Fode pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of aggravated assault. He's accused of punching a man twice in the face, as seen in the security video taken from inside the Party Palace bar in Butte on the evening of September 22.

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Brandon Fode pleaded not guilty to a charge of aggravated assault in connection with a sucker-punch attack at a Butte bar in September.

The victim was knocked unconscious in the unprovoked attack and suffered a fractured jaw and missing tooth.

Fode is free on $25,000 bond.