By PoliceOne Staff
WOOD COUNTY, Wis. — A man who charged at a police officer last year while wielding a knife was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday.
As Wisconsin Rapids police responded to a disturbance in August, Officer Rod Krakow told Pao Khang to get on the ground and drop his knife, according to the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune. Khang, who was 16 at the time, refused to comply.
Krakow ordered one of two other officers who arrived on the scene to use a TASER on Khang when the teen charged at Krakow, according to the criminal complaint. Krakow shot Khang twice.
Khang, who is now 18, was charged with reckless endangerment, obstructing an officer, disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property, all while using a dangerous weapon.
A jury found him guilty in August, and his sentence is a compromise between recommendations from the prosecutor and Khang’s defense attorney. He is not eligible for early release programs, sources said.
"Fortunately, the officer was armed and able to defend himself," Wood County Circuit Judge Greg Potter said. "What would have happened if it was a regular person who was unarmed?"
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