Ira Goff Pleads Not Guilty In Stabbing Incident

A Casper man is denying he stabbed another person.

Thirty-three year old Ira Goff, has pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated assault, assault and battery, and interfering with a peace officer, after being involved in a fight outside a bar on May 20th.

A witness told police Goff was in a scuffle with another person at the bar that afternoon, and a third person separated the two.

Investigators say Goff then started taunting the other person, and stabbed him when he approached Goff.

When police arrived they found Goff trying to leave the scene by climbing over a fence.

When officers tried to pull him down, investigators say Goff tried to kick the officers away, and was captured a short time later.

He is being held on seventy-five thousand dollars bond, awaiting trial.