FARMINGTON – A 37-year-old Farmington man who pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated criminal mischief, assault and refusing to submit to arrest in Franklin County Superior Court on Wednesday apologized to the victims of his anger.
Harold Enman was arrested in May after a scuffle with Farmington police Sgt. Shane Cote in front of Enman’s house in Farmington.
After shouting obscenities at Cote, Enman shoved him in the chest and was arrested after a struggle, Assistant District Attorney Andrew Robinson said in court Wednesday.
Handcuffed in the back of the cruiser, Enman later kicked out a side window while being driven to jail, according to Cote’s report in May. The damage required a complete door replacement, which Cote had estimated at about $2,400.
Enman had been having trouble with the mother of his child at the time of his arrest, but has been in anger-management counseling and is dealing with the mother better, his attorney, George Jabar, said on his behalf. He had also paid more than $2,000 in restitution for the cruiser damage, according to Robinson.
Enman, his voice shaking, apologized to Cote, the mother of his 2-year-old son, “and all involved.”
“I’m overwhelmed with emotion,” he said to Judge John McElwee, who sentenced him to 90 days in jail with all but seven days suspended and one year of administrative release with the condition he continue anger-management counseling.
“You’ve taken appropriate steps,” McElwee told him. “Good luck, sir.”
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