Christopher Grant Charged After Attacking Laramie County Deputies

An inmate at the Laramie County Detention Center was charged with two counts of interference with a police officer causing injury following a violent confrontation on October 28, Cap City News reported.

The suspect, Christopher Grant, who was born in 1999, is currently awaiting transport to the Wyoming State Hospital for psychiatric treatment, according to law enforcement officials. Each of the charges against him carries a maximum potential penalty of 10 years in prison.

The incident began shortly before 6 p.m. in the booking area of the detention center. Deputies reported that Grant, located in a nearby holding cell, began standing on the sink inside his cell.

A deputy ordered Grant to get off the sink and warned him that pepper spray would be used if he did not comply. After Grant refused, a deputy deployed a two-second burst of the substance into the cell, which caused Grant to step down and allow deputies to handcuff him, according to the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office.

Christopher Grant Charged After Attacking Laramie County Deputies

Deputies attempted to move Grant to the booking shower to wash off the pepper spray. Before the decontamination process could begin, Grant reportedly “donkey kicked” the knee of a deputy standing behind him, Cap City News reported.

The deputy involved rated the resulting pain as a 10/10 on the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office pain scale. Following the kick, deputies brought Grant to the floor and crossed his legs to secure him in a restraint chair.

While being placed in the chair, Grant became verbally aggressive and used profanity toward the deputies. As he was being moved back toward the shower in the restraint chair, he reportedly called one deputy a pedophile and spat at him, with some saliva making contact with the deputy’s eye.

Nursing staff and deputies eventually used a spit hood on Grant to finish the decontamination and examination process before returning him to his cell.

The two deputies targeted in the incident required medical treatment. The deputy who was kicked was sent to the hospital and issued a knee brace, which he reportedly wore for at least a week and a half. He was also ordered to take two days off from work, though officials noted he did not break any bones.

As of November 13, Grant has not been issued a bond and no preliminary hearing has been scheduled.

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