MINNEAPOLIS – A man was charged Thursday for an alleged assault of a Minneapolis police officer in the aftermath of a large-scale federal raid of a Mexican restaurant on Lake Street.
Maxwell Louis Collyard, 33, of Minneapolis, was charged in Hennepin County District Court with obstructing a police officer, a gross misdemeanor, and misdemeanor fleeing police. A 47-year-old Minneapolis man was jailed on similar allegations and could still face criminal charges.
The charges allege that Collyard wrestled with the officer to the ground, sprayed something in his face and fled on foot but was quickly apprehended…