'Saved By the Bell' Star Dustin Diamond Begins Jail Sentence

Dustin Diamond, known for playing Screech on Saved By the Bell, has begun a four-month jail sentence related to a stabbing charge.

The 39-year-old actor reported to the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office Jail on Friday night (January 15) to serve a sentence related to a 2014 barroom stabbing, NBC News reports.

Police reported that Dustin stabbed a man with a switchblade in a Christmas Day barroom fight at the Grand Avenue Saloon in Port Washington, Wis.

Dustin was also sentenced to 15 months of probation and a payment of $1,105 to the victim in restitution.