Tennessee: Suspect Who Hit Officer Captured
A man accused of hitting a police officer with his vehicle while fleeing a traffic stop Thursday morning has been arrested. The original incident occurred in the Kroger parking lot at 1489 Madison Street.
District Two Patrol Officer David McLaughlin stopped a black four-door Honda Accord at 11:08 a.m. because of outstanding arrest warrants. Eric Todd Jackson initially stopped for the officer, but refused to get out of his car, according to police. “As I was attempting to pull Mr. Jackson out of the vehicle, he placed the vehicle in ‘drive’, hitting me as he fled the scene, with the inside of the door frame striking my right elbow and forearm,” McLaughlin stated in the police report.
McLaughlin’s injuries did not require medical treatment. Shortly after 3:30 p.m. Thursday District Two patrol officers located Eric Todd Jackson sitting in his car in the Big Lots parking lot on Riverside Drive. Jackson placed his car in reverse and attempted to leave when officers approached, but his escape route was quickly blocked by several patrol cars.
Officers had to smash the driver side window of the Accord with a collapsible baton and forcibly remove Jackson from the car to make the arrest.
Jackson, who appeared to be under the influence of one or more controlled substances, was transported to Tennova Hospital for treatment of minor injuries incurred during the arrest. No additional officers were injured. Items described as drug paraphernalia were discovered during an inventory of the suspect vehicle. Additional criminal charges stemming from the Big Lots incident are pending.
Jackson, who has over 30 booking mugshots on file at the Montgomery County Jail since 2007, has previous arrests for drug offenses, patronizing prostitution, burglary, parole violation, evading arrest, driving on a revoked license, probation violations, public intoxication, resisting a stop, forgery, domestic assault, vandalism, and contempt of court.
Jackson is currently wanted in Stewart County for Forgery and Theft of Services. New charges stemming from today’s incident are Felony Evading, Driving on a Revoked License, and Aggravated Assault. This morning’s charges have a combined bail of $51,000.
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