A judge on Monday afternoon declared the second mistrial in the assault case

A judge on Monday afternoon declared the second mistrial in the assault case against Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore.  After nearly 17.5 hours of deliberations over three days, the jury returned to the courtroom on Monday afternoon and told the judge that they could not reach a verdict. Grismore was charged with simple assault for kicking shackled inmate Jeremey Burrows in 2022 when he was a captain with the department. The state calls it a case of simple assault, pointing to the fact that Grismore was not in uniform and could have used other means of getting Burrows to comply. Grismore has always maintained that he did nothing wrong and that he was helping less experienced officers get a situation under control. “I operated on the information I had in a split second, and I still stand behind that I was trying to protect my two young deputies and myself, that’s the bottom line,” he said.