For reasons unknown, a bout of road rage befell Ivan Vladimirovich Koroteev on Christmas Eve 2011.

He began tailgating a 35-year-old Damascus man on Southeast Foster Road, honking and continually attempting to pass in no-passing zones. When the man pulled into his driveway, Koroteev followed. After failing to run over the man, Koroteev got out of his car and began pummeling the man with fists and karate kicks.

Neighbors rushed to the man's aid.

Koroteev then fled in his 2001 Mercedes 500. But before he left, he told them he was a police officer. And he vowed to return and "get each and every one of them," prosecutor Bryan Brock told Clackamas County Circuit Judge Susie Norby on Monday.

Koroteev pleaded guilty last month to attempted assault, menacing, criminal impersonation but failed to show up for sentencing on Aug. 26. An arrest warrant was issued.

Koroteev, 35, was taken into custody last week on theft charges. Koroteev shoplifted two combat-style knives and an Airsoft pistol -- a realistic looking handgun that shoots plastic pellets -- at Sportsman's Warehouse on Southeast 82nd Avenue.

He pleaded guilty to second-degree theft on Monday.

Norby sentenced Koroteev to 45 days in jail, placed him on three years probation and ordered him to attend anger management classes and undergo a mental health evaluation.

The victim did not attend the sentencing and Koroteev did not address the court.

Koroteev's 21-month-long case was marked by several delays, most of them self-imposed. It took time for police to find and arrest him. He fired his attorney and needed time to hire a new attorney. He said his wife had cancer. "I don't know what's wrong with Mr. Koroteev," Brock said. "Something that starts out as tailgating ends up with two felony and two misdemeanor convictions."

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