By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
A 37-year-old St. Joseph man faces criminal charges after delivering a glancing blow to a Buchanan County sheriff’s deputy while fleeing officers.
The St. Joseph Police Department reports it received a complaint about a prowler around 10:30 Sunday night. When officers responded to East Ayrlawn, they discovered the suspect had retreated to Lake Contrary School on Alabama, just outside the city limits.
Buchanan County deputies responded. The suspect and two others took off in a pick-up, clipping a deputy with truck bumper. Stop strips were deployed and deflated one tire on the truck, which eventually crashed at US 36 and I-229. The three occupants suffered minor injuries and were taken to the hospital.
The deputy did not suffer serious injury.
Officers arrested the driver who faces charges of assaulting a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest.