Marissa Mitchell of Fox 5 in Atlanta reports that police are looking for a suspect who ran over an officer’s legs after a contentious traffic stop Monday.
Police looking for Jessica Fox,28. They say she ran over Statham police officer. @FOX5Atlanta pic.twitter.com/BwALUHO4CB
— Marissa Mitchell (@MarissaMFOX5) August 30, 2016
Fox 5 reports that Statham Police Officer Marc Lofton had clocked suspect Jessica Fox, 28, driving 15 MPH over the speed limit and pulled her over. Fox, who is wanted for probation violation and outstanding warrants for drug offenses, was reportedly acting strangely.
“I asked her to get out of the car because she was making me super nervous reaching all over the vehicle. I had her go to rear of vehicle, asked her what her name was, and she gave me a false name,” the officer told Mitchell after being released from the hospital.
After multiple warnings, Lofton deployed his Taser, but Fox made a successful getaway, running over Lofton’s legs in the process.
The incident was caught on the police cruiser’s dashboard camera.
At 11: ONLY ON @FOX5Atlanta– Police say dash cam video shows suspect giving false name, before running over officer pic.twitter.com/hGlUDTuzv9
— Marissa Mitchell (@MarissaMFOX5) August 30, 2016
At 10: Officer tells me he gets entangled with suspect before she runs over his legs in traffic stop @FOX5Atlanta pic.twitter.com/biSFE6GBVW
— Marissa Mitchell (@MarissaMFOX5) August 30, 2016
Dash Cam Only on @FOX5Atlanta at 10: Police: suspect ran over local officer after confrontation in traffic stop pic.twitter.com/eu3x14ARDm
— Marissa Mitchell (@MarissaMFOX5) August 30, 2016
Ouch.
At 11: Officer ran over, dragged by wanted suspect talks only to @FOX5Atlanta pic.twitter.com/IrUnwn1Ydr
— Marissa Mitchell (@MarissaMFOX5) August 30, 2016
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