Thirteen days later, he went on a reckless driving binge after leaving a Raglan St party, having arrived there already drunk and then consuming at least 12 bourbon and cokes.
He refused to stop for police who pursued him, driving through mid-Masterton at high speed, with his female passenger screaming at him to stop.
When he did stop, he deliberately reversed into a police patrol car, again fled and later rammed another patrol car, causing thousands of dollars worth of damage.
Terry abandoned the vehicle he had been driving in Third St, Lansdowne, and when found on foot in the early morning of June 17 denied he had been driving, but handed himself in to police later that day.
At sentencing yesterday, Jock Blathwayt, who represented Terry, described the teenager's actions as "a brain explosion", saying his client realised he was in trouble and had done wrong.
But Judge Barry said a probation report revealed Terry had shown little remorse for his offences or towards his victims.
"Seldom does one strike two pieces of concentrated stupidity, let alone attributed to one person within two weeks," Judge Barry said.
Terry was on a path to prison, a journey that would not be too long in coming, the judge warned.
"These are serious offences that you wrought on a law-enforcement agency trying to keep the streets safe and an organisation founded to help those wanting education in the rural sector," Judge Barry said.
Terry will be on curfew during his term of community detention, from 6.30pm to 4.45am Monday to Friday and 6.30pm to 7am on Saturdays and Sundays.