Butler man sentenced to 4½ to 15 years in prison in stabbing case
After maintaining that he acted in self-defense, a 69-year-old Butler man was sentenced Thursday to serve 54 to 180 months in state prison for non-fatally stabbing a disabled man on Main Street in the city in September 2021.
Paul Leslie Lenzi, who was found guilty of felony charges of attempted voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault by a jury in September, was sentenced to 54 to 180 months in prison. The charges were merged for sentencing purposes.
“It was self-defense,” Lenzi said before Common Pleas Court Judge Timothy McCune ordered the sentence.
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