Man sentenced for stabbing woman with scissors, assaulting officer and K9

Man sentenced for stabbing woman with scissors, assaulting officer and K9

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A Fort Wayne man who stabbed a woman 10 times, leading to an investigation during which he punched a K9 and bit a police officer, was sentenced Friday. Joseph Porter, 40, was sentenced to 46 years in prison. A jury found him guilty but mentally ill in connection to the attempted murder of a woman in March 2023. During the initial investigation, the woman told police Porter had been paranoid that people were looking for …