A Memphis, Tennessee man is facing nine charges after an Arkansas State Police trooper used a tactical vehicle intervention to spin his SUV into a guardrail on Interstate 40, ending a pre-dawn chase that reportedly topped 100 mph through Crittenden County early on Oct. 9. Brandon M. Bourgeois allegedly grabbed the trooper’s hands while being handcuffed, kicked out patrol vehicle windows, and threatened to stab an officer before he was taken to jail.
According to NEA Report, Arkansas State Police Trooper First Class Dairren Evans spotted a dark-colored SUV weaving through traffic near the 277-mile marker on I-40 shortly after midnight, driving without its headlights on. Evans could not get a radar reading because of traffic but paced the vehicle at more than 100 mph, per the incident report cited by the outlet, before activating his emergency equipment near the 276-mile marker.
The driver did not stop. Instead, the SUV continued west, passing vehicles on the right shoulder and weaving through lanes, according to the same incident report. As Evans attempted several tactical vehicle interventions, the driver swerved and braked to avoid them, until Evans ultimately spun the Ford Escape toward the left guardrail, where it struck the barrier and came to a stop.
Arrest Turns Combative After the Crash
Bourgeois exited the SUV and lay on the roadway, per the incident report, and was taken into custody after a second trooper arrived on scene. The report alleges that while being handcuffed, Bourgeois grabbed Evans’ hands, later kicked out windows of the patrol vehicle, and threatened to stab an officer. He reportedly told troopers he had been using methamphetamine for several days, though the incident report includes no toxicology result…