Man sentenced in assault case
An Evans City man was sentenced to probation in Butler County Court on Thursday, after being charged with assaulting a police officer.
Michael A. Harter, 46, was sentenced to 12 months probation and $400 in fines by county Judge Timothy McCune, after previously pleading guilty to misdemeanor resisting arrest and summary public drunkenness and driving on a suspended license.
He also was ordered to undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation and any recommended treatment.
Harter was initially charged with felony aggravated assault, misdemeanor resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, summary public drunkenness and driving with a suspended license-DUI related after an incident on March 23.
Jackson Township police said Harter kicked a police officer during an altercation at Northgate Plaza on Route 19.
Police said they found Harter after being called for an intoxicated man wandering around. When officers approached the suspect, he became “belligerent and confrontational,” according to a police report.
Harter was arrested for public intoxication but when police tried to place him in a patrol car, he is accused of kicking an officer in the lower left leg.
He was placed in Butler County Prison $15,000 bail following arraignment, but bail was later changed to $1,000. Bail was posted and he was later released.
