SYRACUSE, Utah — Body camera footage released by the Syracuse Police Department shows a man grabbing one officer’s gun and kicking another officer while being taken into custody, KSLTV reported.
Officers responded to a domestic disturbance on June 2 involving a man, identified as Cole Hammon, who was found outside a home where the victim, the mother of his child, was inside a vehicle, according to the report. The two had argued after the victim returned home to find the suspect intoxicated and locked inside the house.
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The victim, who owns the home, told officers she had left after seeing Hammon drinking again. She returned after a basement tenant reported being locked out. Inside, she discovered Hammon passed out with an empty whiskey bottle, identified as the tenant’s, next to him. The situation escalated when Hammon allegedly slammed a garage door on the victim’s arm as she tried to leave, according to the report.
Police bodycam video shows Hammon refusing to comply with officers, claiming they had no right to be in “his home.”
“It’s my house. You came into my house. I can hurt you,” Hammon can be heard saying
After retreating into the garage, he attempted to lock officers out. When told he was under arrest, Hammon resisted, forcing three officers to physically restrain him to place him in handcuffs.
As officers tried to place him in a patrol car, the suspect grabbed one officer’s gun, saying, “Look, I got your gun,” before officers removed his grip. He then turned and kicked another officer in the knee and groin.
Hammon was charged with disarming a police officer, assault on a police officer, domestic violence-related assault, theft, interference with a police officer and public intoxication, according to the report.
As part of a later plea deal, the interference, theft and intoxication charges were dismissed. On Sept. 29, Hammon was sentenced to 1 to 15 years in Utah State Prison and two years in the Davis County Jail. However, prison time and one year of jail were suspended, and Hammon was ordered to serve 60 days in jail, according to the report.
