A Mahanoy City man who fought with two local Emergency Medical Technicians and a police officer will spend six months in Schuylkill County Prison, in a ruling by President Judge William E. Baldwin Tuesday.

William J. Mooney, 48, was charged with three counts of aggravated assault, three counts of simple assault and one count of resisting arrest in connection with a series of events on Oct. 9, 2018. Last month, a jury found him guilty of resisting arrest and simple assault on one of the EMTs.

Before the sentencing, prosecutor McCall Young asked for sentences of two months on resisting arrest and six months on simple assault, to run consecutively.

“He (Mooney) was involved in a series of events that took place over an hour, the chase, use of a Taser, attacked and harmed EMS workers who were only trying to do their jobs,” Young said. “It required four men to subdue him.”

Baldwin sentenced Mooney to 2-12 months on resisting arrest and 6-12 on simple assault, to run concurrently. Mooney will get credit for 53 days time served.

The events of Oct. 9, 2018, began at 8:30 a.m. when Mahanoy City patrolman Matthew Williams responded to a report of a person inside an unoccupied building in the 300 block of West Centre Street. Williams proceeded through the building, encountering Mooney, who had exited through a third-floor attic window in one building, and entered the adjoining building.

Deeming the chase unsafe, Williams discontinued the pursuit but soon encountered Mooney on the porch of a rectory on Catawissa Street. Mooney assumed a “fighting stance” and refused the officer’s commands to halt. Williams deployed his Taser, but Mooney removed the Taser staples and backhanded Williams across the face as he fled the porch.

About an hour later, Williams responded to the 300 block of West Railroad Street for a report of a man lying in the street. It was Mooney, who complained of leg pain and asked to be taken to a hospital. Mahanoy City Ambulance responded, and EMTs Eugene Knelly and Joseph VanBlargan loaded Mooney into the ambulance, fastened by seatbelt to a gurney. With Knelly driving and VanBlargan in the back with Mooney, they departed for the hospital with Williams following in his patrol car.

When Mooney attacked VanBlargan, Knelly brought the ambulance to a stop and entered the rear of the ambulance. Soon both EMTs and Mooney came out through the back door and landed in the street. Off-duty police officer Christopher Zubris, who lives in Mahanoy City, assisted the other men in subduing Mooney.

Mooney had been late for the start of his trial last month, saying he overslept. At that time Baldwin found him guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to 10 days, which he has already served. On Tuesday, before sentencing, Baldwin asked Mooney if he had anything to say.

“Pardon me for my tardiness on the 10th (of June),” Mooney said. “Lesson learned.”