A Springfield man will serve a year's probation after pleading guilty to writing graffiti on a Westfield Pioneer Valley Transit Authority bus stop and fleeing into traffic when stopped by police.

Cristifer Schmuck, 34, received a three month suspended sentence on charges of disorderly conduct and destruction of property, but will serve no time if he completes probation without incident.

On Jan. 5, a Westfield police officer saw Schmuck writing graffiti on the window of the bus stop at the intersection of Free and Main Streets, according to a police report. Schmuck gave a false name, date of birth and social security number to the officer, then ran into traffic in an effort to get away.

"Traffic was forced to stop in order to avoid striking Schmuck," Officer Dermot Hurley wrote in his report. "In doing so, his reckless disregard of public safety created a hazard to all motorists as well as himself."

According to the Westfield News, Schmuck twice misspelled his own name when speaking with Hurley and had been drinking. He fled, he told Hurley, because he had ordered in Westfield District Court earlier that day to remain drug and alcohol free and did not want to be sent to jail.