A two-day trial ended Tuesday in Todd Circuit Court with a man convicted of felony assault for allegedly stabbing his step-father during an altercation in February of last year.
Elkton police were called to 107 Morningside Drive on February 3, 2021 regarding a domestic altercation in progress and were talking to the caller outside when officers heard sounds of another altercation inside.
A police report says they found 38-year old Robert Larue on top of his stepfather, 68-year old Phillip Whittaker, on a bed. He had a knife in his hand and was brandishing it above his head as if in the middle of a stabbing motion.
Whittaker was covered in blood and had to be treated at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville.
The jury convicted Larue of assault in the first degree and sentenced him to 12 years in prison.
Final sentencing was set for December 4.