A 39-year-old man who fled after attempting to rob another man who got hit with a hatchet during an incident in Northeast Portland last year was sentenced to five years in prison.

Joshua A. Funk pleaded guilty Dec. 6 to second-degree robbery in connection with the attack on Michael Elias on Oct. 7, 2018 near Northeast Schuyler Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. He was sentenced Monday.

Elias survived his injuries. The man who struck him on the top of the head with the hatchet, 34-year-old Eric Saia, was sentenced in August to 10 years in prison.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Funk and Saia rode bikes up to Elias apparently at random as he was walking his dog and threatened to rob him. Elias pushed Saia, Funk threw a drink on Elias and then Saia pulled out a hatchet and brought it down on Elias’ head.

Saia and Funk rode away. Elias’ wife witnessed the attack and told police what happened, court records show.

Investigators used DNA from the drink bottle to determine Funk was involved and they obtained surveillance footage from a gas station convenience store that showed him buying the drink.

-- Everton Bailey Jr; ebailey@oregonian.com | 503-221-8343 | @EvertonBailey

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