• A grand jury indicted Shane M. Blake, 37, on one count each of assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, obstructing official business and having drug paraphernalia, according to the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office.
What is he accused of?
• On Aug. 20, Dayton officers responded to the 700 block of Xenia Avenue for a report of a suspicious person.
• Police arrived and found Blake sitting outside.
• When officers asked for his identification, Blake started going through his pockets and a crack pipe fell out of his bag, according to the prosecutor’s office.
• Police went to arrest Blake for having drug paraphernalia, but as he was being handcuffed Blake allegedly started to struggle with officers.
• An officer fell and hit his head on the concrete. The officer was taken to the hospital and placed in the ICU for a head injury, the prosecutor’s office said.
• Police took Blake into custody and booked him into the Montgomery County Jail.
• The officer has since been released from the hospital and is recovering at home, according to the prosecutor’s office.
What happens next?
• Blake is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday.
• He is being held in jail on a $20,000 bond.
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