Michael Brown, 42, of Hotspur Place, Rosemeadow, appeared before Magistrate Dr Gabriel Fleming in Nowra Local Court on Monday facing 17 charges.

He pleaded guilty to three counts of assaulting police, commit an act of cruelty on an animal, stalk intimidate to intend fear, destroy/damage property, six counts of enter enclosed lands, use an offensive weapon to prevent police investigation and four counts of intimidate police in the execution of their duty.

The court heard police were called to an address in Queenborough Street, Nowra a 6.45am on September 2 after Brown had allegedly entered three separate properties.

The court heard he picked up a large metal star picket at one property and returned to the front of another house, banging on the door trying to gain entry.

The female resident, who didn’t know the man, was sitting with her three young children in the lounge room.

Brown then went to the rear of the property and kicked a German shepherd dog.

Receiving a report a man was in Parramatta Park armed with a rake or pitchfork, police found Brown at an adjacent property in Kalandar Street.

He allegedly ran across the backyard and jumped into a property in Parramatta Street.

When approached by police he allegedly started swearing and swinging punches at officers, who sprayed him with a three-second burst of capsicum spray.

Brown allegedly jumped a gate into the backyard and grabbed a large piece of wood, swinging it at a female officer, who fell over as she avoided a blow.

The wood allegedly hit a fence, breaking in half, with Brown standing over the fallen officer holding the broken piece of wood above his head.

A fellow officer tasered Brown with no effect and he retreated to the rear of the yard where he continued to throw his arms at officers as they approached.

He was tasered a second time which again had no effect, with Brown allegedly grabbing a large pitchfork which he raised above his head.

Tasered for a third time, the court heard Brown pulled the Taser tongs from his clothes and swung the pitchfork at officers, striking one officer in the lower legs.

He then jumped the rear fence of the property before more police managed to arrest him.

Magistrate Fleming sentenced him to 18-months jail from September 2 with a non-parole period of 12-months on the charges of assaulting police, stalk intimidate to intend fear, destroy/damage property, use an offensive weapon to prevent police investigation and intimidate police in the execution of their duty.

He was also sentenced to a fixed term of six-months from September 2 for an act of cruelty on an animal.

He was convicted of the other charges but no further penalty was imposed.