MAN ARRESTED IN STABBING INCIDENT IN SARASOTA

A SARASOTA MAN WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT FOLLOWING A STABBING INCIDENT THERE.  DEPUTIES SAY A 55 YEAR OLD MAN WAS AT THE HOME OF 48 YEAR OLD JOSEPH ZELLERS ON PEBBLE BEACH AVENUE AT AROUND 7:30PM WHEN THEY BECAME INVOLVED IN A VERBAL ARGUMENT.  THE ARGUMENT REPORTEDLY TURNED PHYSICAL WHEN ZELLERS GRABBED A KNIFE AND STABBED THE VICTIM IN THE ABDOMEN.  THE VICTIM WAS FLOWN BY BAYFLITE TO BAYFRONT MEDICAL CENTER IN ST. PETERSBURG WITH WHAT DEPUTIES TERMED NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.  ZELLERS WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.  HE IS BEING HELD IN THE SARASOTA COUNTY JAIL.