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By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA Buchanan County jury has found a 39-year-old man guilty of a gruesome assault in February of last year that left a woman with a four-inch scar on her neck.The Buchanan County Prosecuting Attorney's Office reports jurors deliberated for about an hour-an-a-half after the two-day trial before finding Leryan Lewis guilty.Lewis, who is from Mexico, Missouri, was convicted of assaulting a woman with whom he had a romantic relationship while sitting in her car at a St. Joseph gas station February 12th. The victim testified that Lewis pulled her towards him and cut her neck and fingers with a razor blade.Bystanders at the gas station came to the aid of the victim. St. Joseph police officers arrested Lewis at the scene before he could escape in her car.The victim survived after undergoing emergency surgery at the Mosaic Life Care hospital in St. Joseph. She testified during the trial she still suffered neck pain and had limited mobility nearly a year after t

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