Officer Assaulted at Marlborough Bar

A night out in the city for a Vermont man allegedly ended in him assaulting and injuring a police officer after he got drunk and aggressive.

Police responded to the Prospector East Saloon on Lincoln Street shortly before 10:30 p.m. on Friday night. They had responded to a report of a drunken man trying to fight people at the bar, reported Marlborough Police Officer James OMalley.

"(His) conduct was disorderly due to him trying to fight other patrons at the bar and using threatening force in a violent and tumultuous manner," wrote OMalley of a man later identified as James Francis Sadlier Jr., 22, of 22 Forbes Rd. Apt. 38 in Milton Vermont.

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Sadlier reportedly struck OMalley in the knee with his foot and then elbowed the officer in the chest. He also refused to put his hands behind his back as he was being arrested and fought with other officers while he was handcuffed, according to court records.

Sadlier was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, assault and battery on a police officer and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. He appeared in court on Monday and was released on $1,000 bail. He is set to appear back in court in June.