Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A man with 30 prior felony convictions is headed to prison for 15 years after an assault investigation.

The Knox County District Attorney’s Office says 50-year-old Larry Lynn Ray pistol whipped a man at a home on Tipton Station Road last year.

Prosecutors say Ray was arrested and charged. He then called family members and asked them to contact the victim to convince him not to testify.

Ray has 30 prior convictions in Knox, Union, and Sevier Counties.

He will be behind bars for the next 15 years without parole.