Belfast -
A man from Winterport who assaulted his girlfriend then got into a standoff with police is avoiding jail time.
35-year-old Joseph Chekovsky was sentenced in a Belfast courtroom Thursday.
Prosecutors struck a deal to reduce domestic violence charges to assault and criminal mischief and Chekovsky was fined $600.
Last year he tried to slash the tires to his girlfriend's car and smashed a car window, sending glass into her face.
Armed with a knife, he went back into the house with the woman's 11-year-old son inside.
Several hours later, Chekovsky surrendered to police.
The boy wasn't hurt.
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