Man gets 10 years for stabbing death

A homeless crack cocaine addict from Seattle will spend 10 years in prison for his role in the Spokane stabbing death of a man he and an acquaintance planned to rob for drug money.

Aaron D. Lyon, 30, of Seattle, was sentenced to 123 months in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder last week.

Terry L. Conner, 53, was sentenced to 31 years in prison last month after pleading guilty to first-degree murder and second-degree burglary.

The men killed Timothy G. Eby, 50, in an apartment at 2614 E. Third Ave., Spokane, on Dec. 7, 2008. After the murder, a woman staying in the attackers’ hotel room at 1303 E. Sprague Ave. said she was awakened by Conner yelling at Lyon, saying Eby should have had $2,000, according to court documents.

Lyon is in the Spokane County Jail awaiting transport to prison.