Mayer sentenced to 6 years probation for assaulting deputies

Sampson Mayer was sentenced Monday to charges of assault on a peace officer and ordered to reimburse medical costs worth $19,984.92.

In March 2015, someone called the police to report someone was trying to “get him” at the Rails Inn Hotel, according to court documents. Havre police found the man’s name was Sampson Mayer and the obtained Mayer’s father’s phone number. When his father was called, he told police his son was at his house.

His father said he thought Mayer was “on something” because Mayer believed someone was out to get him. When deputies arrived at the residence, they could hear someone yelling. The door was opened slightly after deputies knocked, but someone on the inside was attempting to close it. The deputy was trying to keep the door open when someone from the inside reached out, grabbed the deputy by the back of her hair and collar and pulled her into the house.

She was pulled through the living room by Mayer, whose father was yelling at him during the time. The second deputy struck Mayer on the shoulder a couple of times with his flashlight to make him let go. Mayer did not comply and threw the first deputy into shelves, then attempted to run down a hallway.

The deputy he threw blocked him from doing so and the second deputy deployed his taser at Mayer. He fell to the ground after being hit, tried to get back up and was given a second round of electricity, but he pulled the wires from the barbs in his chest. He got back on his feet and continued to fight the deputies. Eventually, the deputies were able to get handcuffs on him and he was taken to the Hill County Detention Center.