A Delmont man will serve time in prison for fighting with Murrysville police officers during a traffic stop.
James Mason Crise, 19, was sentenced by Judge Michael J. Stewart II last week to 364 days to 729 days behind bars followed by five years of probation. Crise pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts each of aggravated assault and firearms not to be carried without a license and single charges of receiving stolen property, evading arrest and resisting arrest.
Two additional counts of aggravated assault were dismissed.
Crise was a passenger in a car that was stopped around 11 p.m. Oct. 11 on Harrison City Road. Police said the driver had a warrant out for his arrest.
When Crise got out of the car, he denied having any weapons. But during a pat down, an officer reported feeling a handgun in Crise’s waistband and a struggle ensued, according to court records.
Attempts to use a Taser on him were unsuccessful and Crise broke free, running into a wooded area, authorities said. That’s where he was Tased again and taken into custody.
Crise had two guns, one that had been reported stolen and a second that was registered to someone else, according to a criminal complaint. He has been in and out of jail since the October arrest, according to court records. Bail in the police assault case was revoked in May after another arrest involving an April alleged assault on a pregnant woman.
Stewart ordered that Crise not be given credit for any time served in the police assault case.
He is scheduled for a plea hearing on July 29 in the assault case involving a pregnant woman.