WATERBORO — A York County grand jury has indicted an assault suspect on felony charges for allegedly biting one York County Sheriff’s Office deputy and head-butting another when they attempted to arrest him in March.

Nicholas Morin, 29, was charged by the grand jury with two Class C counts of assaulting an officer, and a count each of misdemeanor Class D domestic violence assault, refusing to submit to arrest, obstructing the report of a crime, criminal mischief and a Class E misdemeanor charge of violating conditions of release.

The grand jury handed up the indictments earlier this month in connection with an incident March 15 after he barricaded himself in a home and refused to come out when a woman, accompanied by sheriff’s deputies, arrived to retrieve her belongings.

Sheriff William King Jr.  at the time said there had been domestic conflict and the woman was afraid to enter the home without a police escort.  The woman and a deputy arrived at the home to find the door barricaded and the man yelling that he had a gun, King said in a statement released shortly after the incident.

The deputy and the woman sought cover and the deputy negotiated with the man to come out peacefully, said King. After a short while, Morin, whom King said appeared highly agitated, surrendered to authorities.

It was determined he did not have a firearm.

When he was being taken into custody, Morin allegedly resisted arrest and “head butted” a deputy, causing injury to his nose, said King. In the ensuing struggle, Morin allegedly bit another deputy on the leg.

Following the incident, Morin was held at York County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bail. He was released on May 8 after posting $1,000 bail, a corrections officer said on Sunday.

An indictment is not a finding of guilt, but a finding that enough evidence exists to move forward with prosecution.

Class C crimes carry a 5-year maximum prison term upon conviction; Class D misdemeanors carry a maximum sentence of one  year in prison, and Class E, up to six months in jail.

— Senior Staff Writer Tammy Wells can be contacted at 324-4444  or 282-1535, ext. 327 or twells@journaltribune.com.