Authorities say a Houston man faces several charges after threatening an officer.
Nicholas M. Jones, 24, of 18100 Highway B at Houston, was issued citations for third-degree assault, failure to obey a law enforcement officer and third-degree assault of a law officer after an incident at his residence at about 7:30 p.m. April 21.
A deputy was dispatched to the home after a woman called to report Jones had pulled her hair and punched her. The woman told the officer he had left on foot in the direction of Raymondville.
The officer located Jones and placed him under arrest and handcuffed him. On the way to the Texas County Jail, Jones allegedly became angry after being told he couldn’t make a call from his cell phone, and told the officer he was going to “blow his head off with a shotgun” and would get out of the restraints and make the deputy wreck the patrol vehicle. He also reportedly attempted to head-butt the deputy twice.
Jones was ultimately booked into jail.