(Atlantic, Iowa) – A District Court Judge in Cass County has ordered the sentencing date for an Atlantic man charged in a stabbing incident, to be continued until next month. Judge Michael Hooper set the date as July 11^th at 9-a.m., in Cass County District Court. He also ordered a Pre- Sentence Investigation to take place in the case of 20-year-old Michael Gehling, who was to have been sentenced today (Monday), on a Class-C Felony charge of Willful Injury.

He was originally facing the Willful Injury charge AND a Class B Felony charge of Attempted Murder, but the latter charge was dismissed when Gehling agreed to plead guilty May 6^th to the lesser charge.

Gehling was arrested by Atlantic Police Department on April 7^th, for the incident that took place in the area of 6^th and Pine Streets during the early morning hours of Monday, April 4^th. The victim was transported to the Cass County Hospital and was later transported to UNMC hospital in Omaha with a serious injury.