Jordan Stevens injures police with 20cm knife.
Jordan Andrew Stevens who injured two police officers with a 20-centimeter knife and ran after another appeared for sentencing on two charges of inuring with intent to injure and one charge of assault with a weapon.
In March 2020, a woman called police to her New Plymouth address to remove her intoxicated and aggressive son, according to a police summary of facts.
Police found Stevens in a shed at the back of the property, and he was detained for a police safety order. Stevens reluctantly agreed and gathered his backpack.
But as he was being escorted towards the driveway, he suddenly threw his elbow back in a striking motion.
His elbow hit one of the officers in the mouth, causing him to stagger backward, and split his top lip, which bled profusely.
The officer told Stevens he was under arrest and the second officer grabbed him by the collar.
Stevens lashed out with a number of punches.
While the second officer was trying to defend himself he received multiple punches to the top and back of his head, the summary said.
Stevens ran around the back of the shed, chased by the first officer, who tasered him.
But this proved ineffective, and Stevens ran into the address and returned moments later brandishing a 200mm stainless steel knife.
He charged towards the officer with the knife held over his head in a stabbing stance. The officer again used his taser.
This time, Stevens was briefly incapacitated and was eventually taken into custody.
Both officers received medical treatment, one for a split lip, slight swelling, and a large graze on his hand, and the other for bruising and swelling to his head.
In court on Friday, Judge Gregory Hikaka noted Stevens had some cognitive issues that made it hard for him to understand what people were saying to him.
Hikaka said it was important that the message he heard was that it was not okay to be intoxicated and lose self-control.
“It’s not okay to be violent to the police in particular because they're there to help.”
Stevens was sentenced to six months of community detention, with a no-alcohol provision and a curfew from 7 pm to 7 am, and 18 months of supervision.
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