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A man who walked into the Grays Harbor County Courthouse in Montesano, Washington, on March 9, 2012, stabbed a corrections deputy and a Superior Court judge, then fired the deputy's own handgun at her before fleeing, according to court records and trial testimony.

Staff noticed the man loitering near the county clerk's office around midday, turning toward the wall whenever someone passed, a district court administrator testified. Corrections deputy Polly Davin was sent to check on him. He gave the name Michael Thomas and said he was waiting to meet his attorney, Davin testified. When she reached for his elbow to guide him outside, he grabbed her by the neck, threw her to the floor and stabbed her with a three-inch knife, leaving cuts on her face and throat.

Superior Court Judge David Edwards, 63, ran down a staircase and seized the attacker's arm and was stabbed repeatedly in the back and neck, according to testimony. Davin, still on the floor, drew her .45-caliber pistol and ordered the man to stop. He wrestled the gun away instead, stood over her and fired twice. One round tore through her arm, missing bone, arteries and nerves, prosecutors said.

The attacker walked out the front door carrying the deputy's pistol, according to prosecutors. Two people dialed 911 from inside the building to report the attack, and a recording of the calls was later released. Steven Daniel Kravetz, then 34, of McCleary, was arrested the following day at his mother's home near Olympia after she recognized him from news reports and called authorities, the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office said.

The trial was moved to Lewis County. In April 2013 a jury acquitted Kravetz of attempted murder but convicted him of first-degree assault, second-degree assault and disarming a law enforcement officer, court records show. Prosecutors described a man whose fear of police and courthouse workers had deepened over several years. His attorney argued that Kravetz was mentally ill and had not intended to kill.

The court imposed an exceptional sentence above the standard range, ordering 240 months, or 20 years, on the first-degree assault count along with a five-year firearm enhancement and shorter terms on the other charges, according to court records. The sentencing judge cited Kravetz's future dangerousness and declined to reduce the term for mental illness. Both Davin and Edwards survived and returned to work within days of the attack.