Vt. to dismiss assault charges against man shot by police during struggle

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
May 10, 2013 - 2:10 pm EDT

BURLINGTON, Vermont — Vermont prosecutors say they're going to dismiss assault charges filed against a mentally ill man who was shot and wounded by police during a struggle.

A psychiatrist says the defendant, 35-year-old Isaac Sage of Winooski, suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and that he was insane during the alleged assaults and is incompetent to stand trial.

The Burlington Free Press (http://bfpne.ws/YzkLmv ) quotes Chittenden County State's Attorney T.J. Donovan as saying after a Friday status conference that his office intended to drop the charges against Sage.

Sage pleaded not guilty last month to two counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and other charges.

Sage was shot in the leg April 25 after shocks from a stun gun failed to subdue him. He spent three days in jail before being hospitalized.

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