A St. Louis man faces several charges after almost hitting a Houston Police Department officer with a vehicle on Monday (May 16).
Thomas E. Spann Jr., 32, of St. Louis, is charged with felonies of second-degree assault and resisting arrest by fleeing, along with three misdemeanor traffic offenses.
According to a report, a Houston officer conducted a traffic stop for a traffic violation. During the process, the officer smelled an odor of narcotics coming from the vehicle and asked the driver – Spann – to get out.
But Spann reportedly threw items at the officer and drove away at a high rate of speed, almost striking the officer. The officer pursued on eastbound Highway 17, but Spann later exited the vehicle and fled on foot near a house on Indian Creek Road.
The HPD’s K-9 team and officers from multiple agencies tracked him through a wooded area and located him. Spann was apprehended and taken to the Texas County Jail, and has a bond set at $500,000.
The Texas County Sheriff’s Department and Missouri State Highway Patrol assisted in the incident.
“During the process, the officer smelled an odor of narcotics coming from the vehicle and asked the driver – Spann – to get out.”
Did they find any? I’m sure they searched.
For real smh.