A former Ball State student who stabbed a man in the chest last November is walking free, according to online court records.
Jacob Rabinowitz, 20, plead guilty to stabbing a man with a pocket knife and in exchange was given a lesser sentence of 18 months supervised probation.
Rabinowitz was initially arrested a little after 1 a.m. on Nov. 19.
According to an affidavit, Rabinowitz knocked on the door of the home and then entered and saw the victim's girlfriend. He then "lunged" at the victim and stabbed him in his chest.
"The victim told police he initially thought the suspect punched him," Muncie investigator Jami Brown wrote in a report. "But he realized he had been stabbed when he saw the blade of the knife."
After the stabbing, Rabinowitz went back to DeHority Complex and began banging on the windows and yelling for help. An employee called 911 and let Rabinowitz into the building. The employee told police that Rabinowitz said there had been a stabbing and said "it was a bad situation that didn't feel right."
The employee also stated that Rabinowitz was "hysterical" and "distraught." "[Rabinowitz] smelled of an alcoholic beverage, was difficult to wake and unsteady on his feet," Brown wrote.
An officer later took Rabinowitz to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital and then to the Delaware County Jail.
Rabinowitz was also ordered to pay a more than $6,500 restitution as part of his plea bargain.
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