September 13 marks six years since a Bryan police officer received multiple injuries during an assault in the downtown area.
The Bryan man charged with aggravated assault of the officer decided to have a trial with a judge and not a jury delivering the verdict.
Last week, the judge found 60 year old Earnest Key Johnson guilty of the assault, evading arrest causing serious bodily injury, resisting arrest, and possession of a controlled substance.
Johnson’s punishment will be determined following a pre sentence investigation.
Online court records show among the reasons it took almost six years to bring the case to trial, was Johnson undergoing three psychiatric evaluations.
A Bryan police spokesman tells WTAW News that on September 13, 2018, the officer responded to a report of a suspicious person. When the officer attempted to detain the person, Johnson began the assault.