Trial Date Set for Man Charged With Two Counts of Interference With a Peace Officer

A trial date has been set for a 41-year-old man charged with two felonies for an incident last month at the Sheridan County Detention Center. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details.

An arraignment hearing was held Thursday in Fourth Judicial District Court in Sheridan for 41-year-old Howard Tate, who is charged with two counts of Felony Interference With a Peace Officer. Tate was arrested and taken into custody on May 9 on separate battery charges, and while he was being booked into the Sheridan County Detention Center, he became uncooperative and combative with two deputies at the Detention Center.

According to court documents, Tate dug his nails into the thumb of one of the deputies hard enough to penetrate through the glove the deputy was wearing, causing a wound. Tate also caused various injuries to the deputies by scratching and clawing at them while they were attempting to book him into jail. District Court Judge John Fenn set the trial date for November 9 and scheduled a pretrial conference for October 15 at 10 am.

Judge Fenn also denied a request to modify Tate’s bond, and continued his bond under the same terms and conditions that were previously set forth in Circuit Court. Tate remains in custody at the Sheridan County Detention Center on a $10,000 cash only bond. If convicted on both counts, Tate faces up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $20,000.