A Central Michigan University student is awaiting a final pre-trial hearing after bonding out of Isabella County Jail following charges of assault and suspected of being on LSD Sept. 19.

Nathan David Gross, 18, of Grand Blanc waived his preliminary examination and will partake in a final pre-trial at 1:45 p.m. on Oct. 31 with Judge Mark Duthie, Isabella County Prosecutor Risa Scully said.

“(The preliminary examination) is generally a discussion between the prosecuting attorney and judge,” Scully said.

The meeting, also known as a settlement conference, could be on record, but generally is not unless the suspect enters into a plea, she said.

As Central Michigan Life previously reported, when an officer arrived to the scene, Kessler Hall, he made contact with the individual, and as he was patting him down Gross headbutted the officer, CMU Police Chief Bill Yeagley said. When a second officer arrived, they wrestled Gross to the ground in order to gain control.

Isabella County prosecutor’s office charged Gross with three felonies: one count of attempt to disarm a police officer, a 10-year felony, and two counts of resisting or obstructing police, each of which are up to two-year felonies.

In addition, the individual was also charged with two misdemeanor acts: one for the use of a controlled substance, a six-month misdemeanor, and one count of simple assault, a 93-day misdemeanor charge.

Three CMU police officers initially responded to the incident: Kip Williams, Jeff Ballard and Jair Kollasch.

Gross was described as combative and assaultive, according to non-exempt portions of a police report compiled by the CMU Police released from the Isabella County Prosecutor’s Office through Central Michigan Life’s FOIA request.

According to the report, at about 10:30 p.m. Sept. 19 CMU police officers Ballard and Williams were dispatched to the scene involving a disorderly, assaultive person possibly on drugs described as LSD.

At 10:50 p.m., officer Cameron Wassman received a call from Central Dispatch, spoke with Yeagley and responded to the Towers complex to meet up with Ballard. The presence of drug items was considered a possibly.

A search warrant was authorized for Gross’ common room at 2:09 a.m. on Sept. 20.

At about 3:42 a.m., officer Jair Kollasch was dispatched to assist with the combative subject. Gross and another were said to be fighting with one another.

Shift Supervisor Lt. Larry Klaus said in total there were four victims and three subjects in the incident.

This is the second time in the past year drugs have caused a student to attempt to disarm an officer intending to use deadly force.

“In this incidence, Gross removed one of the officer's expandable asp,” Klaus said. “While doing that, he said he wanted to remove the officer's firearm.”

An asp is a baton that can expand up to 20 inches and is used to strike a subject if necessary while attempting to control the subject.

“From our perspective, we’re very pleased in the actions Officer Kollasch took,” Klaus said.

Kollasch revived Gross after he had lost his pulse and experienced what Klaus called “sudden custody death,” which involves a loss of pulse after the subject's body extorts an extreme amount of energy. Sometimes the subject is referred to as having superhuman energy, he said.

After being revived, Gross was combative, Klaus said.

In total, there were three victims in the Sept. 19 incident.

A non-lethal force report was filed, indicating Gross was injured and unconscious at the time of arrest due to the following conditions: necessary to affect arrest, necessary to defend another, being a threat to officer's safety, subject resisted arrest, it being necessary to defend a police officer and to protect the subject from self.

Chemical agents and weapons were not used to gain control of Gross, according to the report.

Injury sustained, treatment and level of resistance were not available through the FOIA request from CM Life because Gross has yet to undergo trial.