Officer dragged by suspect

Officer dragged by suspect

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MADISON — A police officer was injured after being dragged by a suspect’s car and the Jackson man was arrested after being pursued by other officers Tuesday.

Jerrell T. Staten, 21, of Jackson was arrested after the pursuit and charged with fleeing a law enforcement vehicle and aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer. 

MPD Cap. Kevin Newman said that Staten was originally transported to Merit Health in Canton as a precaution to be checked after the incident that resulted in his arrest. 

Jail records show that he was released from the hospital Tuesday evening and brought into custody at the Madison County Detention Center.

Other charges are pending as a felony shoplifting investigation in which Staten is a suspect continues, according to Newman. 

Newman said an officer was injured while trying to apprehend Staten and has been sent to University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson with non-life-threatening injuries.

Newman said that at 2:54 p.m. Tuesday, April 20 an officer of the Madison Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a 2009 Mazda Tribute van on Mississippi 463 eastbound between the Highland Colony Parkway and I-55.

The vehicle in question was suspected in a previous felony shoplifting incident reported at the Best Buy in Madison. 

Newman said that as the officer was interacting with the driver of the vehicle at the driver’s side window and door of the stopped vehicle, the driver drove off eastbound onto Mississippi 463 dragging the officer with the vehicle. As the vehicle turned south onto the Interstate 55 onramp, the officer was able to free himself from the outside of the fleeing vehicle.

“Other officers arriving on the scene gave aid to the officer while other officers pursued the fleeing vehicle south onto Interstate 55,” Newman said.

As the vehicle reached the 105 mile-marker in Ridgeland it struck the left cement guardrail of the interstate causing two of the pursuing vehicles to interact with the fleeing vehicle, Newman said. 

The fleeing vehicle came to a stop in the far-left lane of  southbound I-55 at which time the driver was taken into custody.

“There were no other occupants of the fleeing vehicle and other than the two police vehicles, no other vehicles were involved in the traffic crash,” Newman said.

Officers of the Ridgeland Police Department as well as officers of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the accident scene.






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