An off-duty St. Louis County police officer had to be Tased after fleeing from a traffic stop in St. Louis early Sunday.
Officer Anthony Jones, 24, has been charged with DWI and resisting arrest.
St. Louis police officers tried to stop Jones for traffic violations in his white Dodge Charger about 2:50 a.m. in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood in St. Louis, but he decided to speed away from them. Police officers then saw Jones’ vehicle had struck a utility pole at East Prairie and St. Louis avenues, according to police.
Jones refused to comply with the officers’ orders and had to be Tased before he was arrested.
He has been suspended without pay.
Jones has been with the St. Louis County Police Department for about one year.
Judge Calea Stovall Reid set his bail at $15,000.
