May 24, 2015

Man sentenced for stabbing bar doorman over bad drink

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A man was sentenced to more than 28 years in prison for a 2013 assault prosecutors say stemmed from anger over a botched drink. Jovan Felix, 36, was sentenced Friday for the near-fatal stabbing of a doorman outside the Level Up nightclub. Prosecutors say Felix was angry about a bad drink and poor service when he returned to the club about 2 a.m. with a friend and assaulted three people...

Michael Brelo weeps as he hears the verdict in his trial Saturday, May 23, 2015, in Cleveland. Brelo, a patrolman charged in the shooting deaths of two unarmed suspects during a 137-shot barrage of gunfire was acquitted Saturday in a case that helped prompt the U.S. Department of Justice determine the city police department had a history of using excessive force and violating civil rights. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

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Man sentenced for stabbing bar doorman over a bad drink

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A man was sentenced to more than 28 years in prison for a 2013 assault prosecutors say stemmed from anger over a botched drink. Jovan Felix, 36, was sentenced Friday for the near-fatal stabbing of a doorman outside the Level Up nightclub. Prosecutors say Felix was angry about a bad drink and poor service when he returned to the club about 2 a.m. with a friend and assaulted three people.

-- Associated Press

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