Man arrested in stabbing case

Kaleb Michael Trueblood, 25, was arrested Thursday in connection with a stabbing that occurred New Year’s evening.

Officers responded to a residence in the 500 block of South 13^th after the Communications Center received a 911 call at approximately 8:11 p.m. reporting that four or five males with knives were beating on another male.

Police officers and ambulance personnel arrived to find the victim, age 32, was lying in the front yard of his residence. He had been stabbed several times and all the assailants had fled. The victim was transported from the scene by Ponca City EMS to the Emergency Room at Alliance Health.

The investigation is continuing and additional arrests are likely.