A man charged with assaulting a Boulder Police officer in late November 2019 pleaded not guilty to the felony offense in Montana Fifth Judicial Court in Boulder Jan. 8. He also pleaded not guilty to criminal possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor.
The man, Devlin Howard, 38, remained in Jefferson County jail Monday with bond set at $50,000. Court documents state that he is a resident of Helena.
The charges Howard faces stem from an incident on Nov. 28, 2019. At about 3 a.m., a man later identified as Howard was reported slumped over in a vehicle that was parked across from 305 N. Adams St. in Boulder, court records show. Boulder Police officers Jordan Grimsrud and Kyle St. George responded to the location, where they found the vehicle parked with its windows rolled up and Howard sitting in the driver’s seat “with his head back.”
