Scott Bolte

A Butler man pleaded guilty Tuesday to stabbing another person five times during a fight in September.

Scott M. Bolte, 46, pleaded guilty to an amended felony count of aggravated assault before Butler County Judge William Shaffer.

He was initially charged with one felony count of aggravated assault after an incident Sept. 11 in the 200 block of West Diamond Street.

The plea agreement calls for a sentence of 9 to 18 months in Butler County Prison, with parole at sentencing on time served, followed by probation. Bolte will also be ordered to pay any restitution and fines. He is scheduled for sentencing May 24.

Butler police said Bolte injured Alexander Shelatree, 25, by stabbing him five times with a knife.

When officers arrived, Bolte was found on the street with a folding knife closed in his hand and admitted that he stabbed someone inside the home, according to court documents.

Shelatree was found laying on the living room floor, writhing and screaming in pain, with his shirt bloody on the left side, police said.

Shelatree was treated at Butler Memorial Hospital for non-life threatening wounds to his arm, chest and leg.

Two witnesses who were in the house at the time reported that Bolte and Shelatree were in an argument that became physical, when Bolte pulled a knife and stabbed Shelatree several times.