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.
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