Man sentenced to minimum, is set to sue police.

Byline: Ann Kim

Aug. 26--PORTLAND -- Jonathan Mitchell, a Veazie man shot by a Portland police officer while trying to escape in a car in April, was sentenced Thursday to nine months and one day in prison. That is the mandatory minimum penalty for being a habitual driving offender -- the most serious offense remaining in his case after prosecutors dropped several other charges. Mitchell, 30, pleaded guilty this week in Cumberland County Superior Court to the habitual-offender charge, along with the offenses of failing to stop for an officer and refusing to submit to arrest. Charges stemming from accusations that he had used the car in a dangerous manner while fleeing police and had broken into his estranged wife's apartment -- two counts of reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and one count of …