An armed man who was struck by a Marana police car in 2015, after a cross-town crime spree has been sentenced to 21 years in prison, officials said.
Mario Valencia was arrested after the Feb. 19, 2015 incident, when he stole a rifle from a Marana Walmart store and fired it in the streets near West Coca Cola Place between North Business Park Drive and Frontage Road.
Officer Michael Rapiejko used his vehicle to knock Valencia down, after which he was taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries before being arrested several days later.
Police later learned that before the confrontation in Marana, Valencia was allegedly involved in an armed robbery, church fire, home invasion and auto theft.Â
Valencia was convicted of 14 felonies, including of armed robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, arson of an occupied structure, aggravated criminal damage, aggravated assault, unlawful use of means of transportation, shoplifting, discharging a firearm in city limits and prohibited possession of a deadly weapon, said Krisanne LoGalbo, a Pima County Superior Court spokeswoman.
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Valencia was issued 690 days of credit for time already served.
