Man accused of ramming Jeep into police cars after refusing to show proof of insurance
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Jefferson City man was charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor after an exchange while he was pulled over turned into him getting pepper sprayed.
Patrick Allen, 26, was charged with resisting arrest, armed criminal action and misdemeanor obstructing government operations. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond.
The probable cause statement says Allen told police he would not show up for court. An arraignment was held on Monday and Allen appeared by video from the jail, where he pleaded not guilty. A counsel status hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday.
The statement says at 4 a.m. Sunday, a police officer saw a red Jeep heading south onto Jackson Street with no front-mounted license plate. The officer tried to see the back plate, but was not able to tell if there was a license plate, court documents say.
Allen pulled the Jeep over on High Street and the officer turned right onto McCarty Street to see if Allen would move the Jeep once his vehicle was out of sight, the statement says. The officer wrote that he did this because he thought the behavior was “suspicious.”
The Jeep left again and the officer started a traffic stop because he could not see a plate, the statement says. The officer wrote the plate appeared to be a fake Illinois temp tag, court documents say.
The officer allegedly told Allen that he stopped him because he wasn’t able to see his plates and thought his driving was “evasive,” the statement says.
Allen allegedly said “no way,” denied to give the officer his proof of insurance when asked, demanded to see a supervisor and rolled up his window, court documents say.
More officers arrived and Allen still refused to get him an ID or proof of insurance, the statement says. The situation escalated to the point where police broke the Jeep’s driver side window and used pepper spray, the statement says.
Allen then backed into the first officer’s patrol vehicle before ramming into a second vehicle, where the officer’s supervisor was seated, the statement says. Three officers suffered minor injuries, court documents say.
Allen then tried to get away and almost hit two more officers, the statement says. He was eventually arrested after he got out of the vehicle, the statement says.