CALDWELL - A man who was stabbed several times in southwestern Idaho on Christmas Eve was treated and released from a local hospital.

Caldwell police say the stabbing was reported at about 5 p.m. on Thursday at a home, after an argument between the victim and two other men.

Detectives say the incident started as job offer and then turned into a proposition for sex.

Apparently the victim first offered the two men work, but later proposed a sexual encounter. One of the two men, Axel Baumgartner apparently responded to that proposition by stabbing the victim.

The victim was treated at a hospital for non-life threatening injuries.