EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — An attempted traffic stop in Central El Paso ended with a driver accused of turning his vehicle toward a bicycle officer and fleeing through city streets before being arrested on felony warrants.
At about 8:30 p.m. April 17, El Paso Police Department officers attempted to stop a vehicle in the 300 block of W. San Antonio Avenue.
When an officer made contact with the driver, police said the driver turned the vehicle toward the officer, who was on a bicycle, and accelerated, nearly striking the officer.
Police said the driver fled by driving onto a sidewalk and continuing northbound on Durango.
Jacob Wayne Williams (credit: EPPD)
The vehicle then ran a stop sign and continued westbound on Franklin Avenue, according to police.
The vehicle was later found unoccupied near a residence in the Sunset Heights area.
Warrants were obtained for Jacob Wayne Williams, a 31-year-old El Paso resident.
Williams was taken into custody by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and later booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility.
He faces charges of aggravated assault against a public servant, with bond set at $50,000, and evading arrest or detention with a vehicle, with bond set at $15,000.
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