By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post

A 31-year-old Salina man will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty in the stabbing of a 20-year-old at the former HOME Party Club.

Trevar Lamont Johnson, 31, Salina, was arrested on suspicion of attempted second-degree murder, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school, possession of drug paraphernalia, and criminal possession of a weapon by a felon in connection with the stabbing of a 20-year-old man in the early morning hours on April 19, 2015.

Officers from the Hays Police Department were dispatched to the alley behind the former HOME Party Club, 229 W. 10th, to the report of a stabbing. When officers arrived, they found a 20-year-old man had been stabbed in the chest. Officers determined the incident occurred during a brief altercation inside the nightclub.

According to Ellis County Attorney Tom Drees, Johnson pleaded guilty last week to aggravated battery/great bodily harm and possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute — both are level four felonies. He also pleaded guilty to felony drug paraphernalia possession.

Drees said Johnson’s trail was scheduled to begin April 19.

The plea agreement calls for 76 month in prison, according to Drees.

Sentencing is scheduled for May 9.