Lincoln man facing charges after threatening hotel staff with knife

LINCOLN - A Lincoln man is facing charges after police say he threatened employees at a hotel with a knife.
On Sunday afternoon, officers were called to the Luxury Inn on 12th Street, where a man was reported to be threatening people with a knife.
Hotel staff identified the man as 35-year old Matthew Stinson and told responding officers that he came into the lobby holding a knife, threatening to kill the clerk.
Officers found Stinson around 8 p.m. near 1st and P Streets.
LPD says when responding officers contacted him, Stinson threw a can of alcohol at the officers and ran away.
Officers caught up with Stinson, where they found a knife in his possession.
He was arrested and is facing use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, resisting arrest and terroristic threat charges.
