Ronald A. Postreich, 74, was sentenced to nine months to 20 months in jail followed by 64 months of probation for attacking his neighbor with a rusty hatchet and stun gun in 2017.

This is a breaking news report — subscribe online or in print to read the full article in Wednesday's Butler Eagle.A Butler County Common Pleas judge awarded a little more than a half-million dollars to a Penn Township couple who sued their neighbor for a hatchet attack.In November, Ronald A. Postreich, 74, was sentenced to nine months to 20 months in jail followed by 64 months of probation for attacking his neighbor, Russell Callenberg, with a rusty hatchet and stun gun while wearing a Halloween-style mask as Callenber was mowing his lawn on Oct. 18, 2017.The Callenbergs sued Postreich for physical and emotional trauma, and on May 5, Judge S. Michael Yeager awarded the couple $550,000 after finding Postreich had an “evil motive or reckless indifference.”

This is a breaking news report — subscribe online or in print to read the full article in Wednesday's Butler Eagle.