STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) A 37-year-old man has been sentenced to seven years in prison after nearly killing another person with a baseball bat.

The Stamford Advocate reports Judge Richard Comerford said during sentencing ``this is not the Wild West'' and instructed Guatemalan immigrant Rodolfo Calete-Morente to follow the country's laws.

Police say the victim was harassing Calete-Morente and his wife nearly two years ago. She owed the victim about $150.

Prosecutors say Calete-Morente hit the victim in the back of head with a baseball bat or something similar as the victim rode away on a bicycle.

The victim survived his serious injuries but spent about two weeks in a coma.

Calete-Morente's lawyer says they were afraid to call police since they had lived in the country illegally for about 13 years.