Hearing delayed for Havre man acccused of assaulting sheriff's deputies

The Monday omnibus hearing for a man accused of physically dragging a peace officer has been delayed to May 4.

Sampson F. Mayer, born in 1986, of Havre was charged with two counts of assault on a peace officer and one count of resisting arrest March 16.

He pleaded not guilty March 20 before District Judge Daniel Boucher.

Boucher rescheduled Mayer's hearing to May 4 at 1:30 p.m. at the Hill County Courthouse.

According to court documents, Havre Police Department received a call from a male March 7, stating that someone was trying to "get him" at the Rails Inn Hotel. Upon arrival, officers found the room was vacant and the caller was not in the area.

With further investigation, the officers learned the man's name was Sampson Mayer. A dispatcher called Mayer's father. Mayer's father said his son was at his home and that he thought Mayer was "on something" because Mayer believed someone was out to get him, the documents say.

The court documents go on to say that two Hill County sheriff's deputies arrived on the scene. One of the deputies heard someone yelling inside the home, a court document says. The other deputy then banged on the door.

The door was then opened from the inside slightly. After the door opened, a person on the inside attempted to close the door. The deputy at this point was trying to keep the door open.

The deputy who banged on the door was then grabbed by her hair and the collar of her jacket by the person inside and dragged inside the home, where she was pulled through the living room, toward a hallway in the home, the document says. Mayer was identified as the man pulling the deputy.

After multiple physical struggles with the deputies, Mayer was eventually arrested and taken to the Hill County Detention Center, the documents says.

He was released on bail March 20.