A man from Oswaldtwistle faced court after assaulting police during a domestic incident in Darwen, leading to serious charges and penalties.
He pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency worker and resisting arrest. The court didn’t take it lightly. They slapped him with a 12-month community order and a 60-day alcohol monitoring tag. Plus, he has to cough up £100 to the officer he assaulted and £75 to each of the other officers involved.
The judge, District Judge Alexandra Preston, pointed out how distressing this must have been for the child who called 999 in the first place. Instead of calming things down, Grogan’s actions just made everything worse. Prosecutors said he was a handful from the get-go, even elbowing one officer and getting taken down to the ground. He ended up losing consciousness after hitting his head.
When they finally got him outside, he tried to kick and knee-strike the officers. His lawyer mentioned that Grogan now gets why the police had to act the way they did. He even got knocked out during the chaos and ended up with a fractured wrist. After spending three nights in a police cell, he finally got bail. What a wild situation!
