FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A driver who led Fort Wayne Police on a high-speed chase on the northeast facet Wednesday was arrested after allegedly hitting an officer with a bag of cocaine.
And in accordance with newly launched Allen Superior Courtroom paperwork, investigators on the scene additionally found fentanyl and extra cocaine value about $65,000 in complete.
Damarcus Thomas faces preliminary fees of resisting legislation enforcement and fleeing in a car, resisting legislation enforcement inflicting harm, aggravated battery with a lethal weapon, and two counts of site visitors of cocaine or narcotics.
Shortly after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, FWPD noticed a pickup truck run a cease signal close to Rothman and Reed streets. Officers initiated a site visitors cease close to St. Joe Middle Highway, however the truck driver didn’t pull over, as a substitute initiating a pursuit that reached greater than 100 mph, in accordance with a information launch from FWPD.
Ultimately, the motive force misplaced management close to Stellhorn and Hobson roads, hitting a median, a curb and a tree, the discharge mentioned.
The driving force, later recognized as Thomas, is accused of getting out of the truck and bodily combating the officers. He allegedly hit an officer within the face with a grocery bag, protecting his face and uniform with a white, powdery substance that was launched from the bag.
When Thomas was taken into custody, he informed police the powdery substance was cocaine, which was confirmed by a discipline check of the substance, in accordance with court docket paperwork.
The officer and the suspect have been handled at a hospital for minor accidents. In keeping with court docket paperwork, the cocaine ended up within the officer's eyes, mouth and nostril.
“The defendant uncovered himself on objective [the officer] to a probably deadly dose of cocaine,” a detective wrote in court docket paperwork.
Investigators on the scene additionally discovered a bag of paraphernalia with half a pound of fentanyl, and extra cocaine within the truck weighing almost 4.7 kilos.
Thomas was taken to jail and later launched, however was arrested once more Friday on separate gun fees.
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