Columbia man pleads guilty to beating frat brother

A 22-year-old Columbia man pleaded guilty Friday in Callaway County Court to first degree assault after apparently beating a fellow fraternity brother in 2013.

Ethan Muffett admitted to hitting the man in the face and head at the Sigma Chi fraternity house at Westminster College in September 2013.

The victim suffered facial fractures and injuries requiring surgery, and brain damage that has left him needing ongoing physical therapy.

A judge sentenced Muffett to 120 days of shock time in the Callaway County Jail and 100 hours of community service work with victims of traumatic brain injury. Muffett was also sentenced to 5 years probation for the assault.