A Jacksonville man was sentenced to decades in prison after stabbing someone and later triggering an officer-involved shooting in 2024.
Benjamin Kubi changed his plea to guilty on July 1, and was given 20 years for Aggravated Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer and 15 years for Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon.
According to an arrest report from November 19, Kubi had stopped his car to talk to a construction worker who had been directing traffic at an off-ramp of I-295 Southbound onto North Main Street. He then stabbed the victim, Christopher Thompson, in the arm…