A sentencing hearing will be held in Indiana County Court today for a Homer City man charged with assaulting state troopers in August of 2021.
Court documents show 31-year-old Charles Brantley Ross will go before District Judge Thomas Bianco at 8:30 this morning for his sentencing hearing. He is charged with aggravated assault – attempt to cause serious injuries, along with resisting arrest, public drunkenness, and disorderly conduct – engaging in fighting for an incident on August 7, 2021.
State police say they were summoned to a location along Old William Penn Highway in Burrell Township for a report of a man behaving erratically. When they arrived, Ross admitted to troopers that he was under the influence of methamphetamine but refused to comply with their verbal commands and he allegedly tried to run into traffic and be hit by an oncoming vehicle.
Police said Ross resisted being placed in the cruiser and tried to assault them, even kicking a state trooper in the head.
