Courts: Man who stabbed bystander downtown gets probation

Michael Ryan Van Gelder, 30, of Lebanon, was sentenced Oct. 25 to 24 months of

MIchael Van Gelder

supervised probation after he was convicted on charges related to a knife attack on a man near 809 S. Main St. on Sept. 28.

He pled no contest to the charge of unlawful use of a weapon and pled guilty to charges of menacing and fourth-degree assault.

In addition to probation, Van Gelder was ordered to report…