EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A grand jury has indicted a man accused of trying to run over a police officer in Downtown El Paso during a traffic stop back in April.
According to court documents, 31-year-old Jacob Wayne Williams has been indicted after he allegedly almost hit an El Paso Police Department officer who was on a bike with his car when they were trying to pull him over.
This happened on April 17, at around 8: 30 p.m. at the 300 block of W. San Antonio Avenue, near the El Paso Convention Center.
Williams is being charged with aggravated assault on a public servant and two counts of evading arrest/detention with a vehicle.
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Police said Williams allegedly fled by driving onto a sidewalk and then accelerating and running a stop sign to get away.
The vehicle was later found abandoned near a home in Sunset Heights.
Williams was arrested days later by the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force.
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