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Man almost strikes police vehicle, gets one month sentence
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A man who nearly hit a policeman following a traffic stop has been sentenced to a month in jail.The driver, Courtney Dishay Blevins, 25, entered guilty pleas before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to charges of reckless endangerment and driving without a license. He was ordered to serve 30 days of a three-year sentence and must perform 24 hours public service work.His jail time comes following a traffic stop which happened as police were responding to a fight call near Northgate Drive. Officer Chris Bell said he pulled over a suspect from the fight who was driving a gold Chevy Impala, still in the Northgate Drive area.“I made eye contact with the driver and approached the vehicle,” Bell said.