A Lincoln man charged in the stabbing of a family member over an argument about music has been given probation.
A judge sentenced 47-year-old Todd Zellers Friday in Lancaster County. The sentence includes 60 days in jail at the end of two years of probation, unless it is waived. Zellers also has been fined $500.
Police say Zellers stabbed the man in the crotch with a butcher knife last August. They had been arguing about music in Zellers’ apartment.
Zellers pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of third-degree assault.
Court documents say Zellers’ family member was taken to a local hospital and doctors used multiple staples to close the wound.