A SIOUX CITY MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON ON CHARGES HE SHOT ARROWS AT POLICE OFFICERS.
48-YEAR-OLD MITCHELL SMITH WAS SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS FOR INTIMIDATION WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON AND 5 YEARS EACH ON TWO COUNTS OF ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER.
JUDGE JEFFREY NEARY ORDERED THE COUNTS TO BE SERVED CONSECUTIVELY.
A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER WAS DISMISSED IN THE PLEA AGREEMENT.
THE CHARGES STEMMED FROM AN INCIDENT AT 1808 RUSTIN STREET THAT BEGAN AS A DISTURBANCE CALL THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 1ST OF 2020.
THE RESPONDING OFFICERS WERE THREATENED BY SMITH WHO THEN WENT INTO HIS HOME AND GOT A COMPOUND BOW AND ARROWS AND SHOT SEVERAL ARROWS AT THE TWO OFFICERS.
AFTER A TWO HOUR STANDOFF, POLICE FIRED ROUNDS OF A NON-LETHAL CHEMICAL AGENT INTO SMITH’S HOME AND TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY.