DANBURY - A young man who authorities say assaulted a police officer in July 2016 might seek an insanity defense, officials said in court this week. Pierre Elhayek, 21, was taken into custody shortly after authorities said he “viciously” assaulted Police Officer Joe Pooler, who was parked in his patrol cruiser at Jimmie’s Market on Germantown Road around 11 p.m on July 30, 2016. Authorities said Elhayek had been pacing up and down the road before approaching the cruiser and kicking the vehicle.