Rooftop standoff thug fell off house after trying to stab police officer through hole
A Sheffield man who fell from a roof after causing damage to three vehicles and a police van then attacking emergency workers has been jailed for over two years.
Jamie Stones appeared at Sheffield Crown Court on September 12, where he was sentenced to 110 weeks in jail. Stones pleaded guilty to affray, threatening a person with an offensive weapon, sending a communication or article of an indecent or offensive nature and assaulting an emergency worker.
Police first tried to arrest Stones at his home on on Burgoyne Road earlier this year in March, but the 35-year-old tried to barricade the door to prevent them from entering. He then lunged at one of South Yorkshire police officers with a knife through the broken door before climbing onto the roof of the property and hurled tiles at officers on the street below.
His behaviour caused damage to three vehicles and a police van before Stones was detained and taken to hospital after falling from the roof. While he was in hospital receiving treatment, Stones attacked multiple members of staff.
PC Caitlin Selwood, who was the officer in charge of the case, said: "Stones' violence was completely unacceptable and caused damage to innocent neighbours' vehicles as well as one of our own police vans.
"He then went on to assault the medical professionals tending to his injuries and intentionally threatened one of our officers with a knife leaving him in fear of suffering serious physical harm.
"After Stones scaled the building, our officers had to put themselves in the firing line as he hurled missiles from the roof and he should feel fortunate that no one was injured during that incident on March 6, 2024. It must have been terrifying for the community and residents and we are pleased Stones has been given an immediate custodial sentence in excess of two years."
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