Lower Gwynedd man to spend decades in prison for running over police officer with car

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — A Montgomery County man will spend decades in prison following his guilty plea to ramming his car into police officers who were trying to stop him in Plymouth Township last year.

Dalton Janiczek, 22, of Lower Gwynedd, was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison following his guilty plea for attempted murder and related offenses in Montgomery County Court.

In October 2025, officers in Plymouth Township were called to the parking lot of a hotel where someone was driving a Mercedes erratically. It was Janiczek, who they said at one point called 911 threatening to blow up a police station. When officers tried to stop his vehicle, Janiczek reversed into police cars multiple times.

At one point, Officer Jake Hennessey got out of his car and fired at Janiczek, grazing him. Hennessey was then run over by Janiczek’s vehicle.

Hennessey was there as Janiczek was sentenced, and expressed gratitude for the many officers who were there in the courtroom with him.

“It's kind of hard to put into words how meaningful it is just to have all their support,” he said. “I mean, many of them worked from 7 p.m. last night to 7 a.m. this morning and are still here.”