HAZLETON, Pa. -- A man who admitted to viciously stabbing a woman in Hazleton in March of 2017 has learned his fate.
A judge sentenced Nelson Hernandez-Rivera of Hazleton to 18 to 40 years in prison.
Officials say he stabbed a woman in the chest several times outside the Crystal Lounge and Barbecue on Broad Street in Hazleton.
Hernandez-Rivera pleaded guilty to attempted homicide charges in October of 2018.