BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) – A man is behind bars after reportedly dragging an officer more than 100 yards with his vehicle during a traffic stop.
According to the arrest report from the Baton Rouge Police Department, the officer was patrolling in the 5700 block of Corporate Boulevard just after midnight on Friday, Feb. 1 when he noticed a blue Lexus with one headlight out and no tag displayed.
The officer conducted a traffic stop and asked the man, later identified as David McGee, 19, to look at the temporary tag in the back window. The officer reported smelling marijuana coming from the vehicle, so he asked McGee to step out of the car.
The officer reports after several minutes of arguing with McGee about getting out of the car, McGee reportedly started to reach for his center console. A struggle ensued.
McGee then reportedly put the vehicle in drive and accelerated quickly with the officer hanging in the doorway. The report states the officer was dragged more than 100 yards before McGee stopped after hitting a curb, allowing the officer to get free.
The officer reportedly suffered from abrasions.
McGee fled the scene and was later arrested at his home. McGee later submitted to a chemical test.
McGee is charged with the following:
- Operating a vehicle while intoxicated (1st offense)
- Attempted first degree murder
- Simple kidnapping
- Resisting an officer with force or violence
- Aggravated flight from an officer
- Illuminating devices required
- Visibility distance and mounted height of head lamps
- Vehicle registration expired
- Resisting an officer
- Simple criminal damage to property
The arrest report notes McGee was arrested Jan. 5, 2018 for resisting an officer with force or violence.
