A New Philadelphia man’s recent string of run-ins with the law culminated on Monday with charges of assaulting multiple deputies and a mugshot showing visible facial injuries.
34-year-old David Hochstetler is in the Tuscarawas County Jail with bail set at 25-thousand dollars. He’s charged with two felony counts of assault, felony attempted assault and resisting arrest.
Captain Travis Stocker with the Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to Hochstetler’s Wainwright Road Southeast address after he allegedly cut off his ankle monitor.
He had been out of jail on his own recognizance in a separate burglary case from late July.
Stocker says the deputies are okay. He says the black eye and scratches in Hochstetler’s mugshot were the result of him struggling during the arrest attempt.
Hochstetler has a preliminary hearing scheduled for August 19th in the assault case.
The burglary case has been referred to the Tuscarawas County Grand Jury. In that case, Hochstetler is accused of stealing a rooster.
Hochstetler is also due in Southern District Court on September 1st for a pre-trial in a soliciting case from July 13th.
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