A Porter Township man who threatened to shoot a state trooper with a razor-tip arrow will spend up to six years in state prison.

David E. Sink, 43, of the Reinerton section, in August pleaded guilty but mentally ill to charges of aggravated assault/physical menace and simple assault.

Schuylkill County Judge James P. Goodman on Oct. 10 sentenced Sink to 27 to 54 months in prison on the aggravated assault charge, and to an additional nine to 18 months for simple assault.

Goodman, who gave Sink credit for the 353 days he had already served, ordered that Sink serve the time in a state prison that has a mental health unit able to address his psychiatric needs.

The remaining charges of attempted criminal homicide, 10 counts of aggravated assault, five counts of simple assault, possession of a weapon, three counts of recklessly endangering another person, disorderly conduct and three counts of harassment were dropped.

According to an affidavit of probable cause filed by trooper Norbert J. Brennan of the Jonestown barracks, the situation unfolded around noon Oct. 19, 2017, when a neighbor called police to a home on the 100 block of North Yohe Street to report a domestic dispute.

A woman, her face bloody and beaten, told a postal worker who was delivering mail to the house that she had been raped and needed help.

Sink carried a compound bow, loaded with a razor broadhead, onto the front porch, twice pulling back the weapon and threatening to shoot police who had responded to the call.

Trooper Marshall J. Hummel of the Schuylkill Haven barracks eventually shot Sink in the leg.

On the way to the hospital, Sink told trooper Keith Rudy, “I wanted them to shoot me. I wanted them to end my life. I didn’t mean to cause you guys stress. I did it just to get out of the relationship. I wanted to get hit. I did not want to hit anyone. I’m sorry.”