WARSAW — A Pennsylvania man who attacked a deputy throughout a site visitors cease final 12 months was sentenced to a state jail time period Monday in Wyoming County Courtroom.
Paul J. Durinko, 54. of Giardville was sentenced to 5 years in jail for second-degree assault on a police officer.
Choose Michael Mohun additionally sentenced Durinko to a concurrent time period of two years and 6 months for third-degree prison possession of a managed substance with intent to promote. Durinko will likely be on two years of post-release supervision.
Durinko was a passenger in a automotive stopped on Route 20A in January 2022.
Wyoming County sheriff’s deputies found the driving force, Joseph A. Brennan Jr., 57, additionally of Giardville, had a loaded 9 mm handgun in his pocket, together with 2.38 grams of crystal meth within the different pocket.
He was taken into custody and not using a wrestle.
Deputies have been conducting pat downs of the opposite passengers within the automotive when Durinko shoved one deputy, grabbed one other and kicked him thrice within the ribs along with his knee, police stated on the time.
Durinko was Tasered and brought into custody. He was discovered with 3.6 ounces of crystal meth.
n An Avon man who held police at bay for a number of hours throughout a standoff at his home was indicted.
Jesse R. Driscoll Jr., 37, is charged with a single rely of felony prison contempt of courtroom.
The cost got here after Driscoll allegedly used social media to contact an individual with an order of safety in opposition to him and displayed what gave the impression to be a gun. The individual lived in Castile.
Driscoll failed to look in courtroom and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He additionally had a pending misdemeanor contempt cost from an incident in November and warrant for his arrest for bail leaping.
Livingston County sheriff’s deputies tried to arrest Driscoll Jan. 19, the identical day he displayed the gun by way of social media.
The division’s SWAT unit was deployed and Driscoll refused to come back out of his residence.
He ultimately surrendered peacefully.
Driscoll entered a not responsible plea to the indictment and is to return to courtroom March 29.