PORT ALLEN, La. (NEWS 15) — A Duson police officer was injured after a vehicle intentionally struck his unit on I-10 East near the Mississippi River bridge and a suspect has been taken into custody, according to the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office.
The Duson Police Department reported the crash pushed Sgt. Calvin Francis into a concrete wall. He was taken to a Baton Rouge hospital with moderate injuries, according to investigators.
West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Jeff Bergeron said deputies arrested John Cuevas, 42, of Madison, Miss., on charges of attempted first-degree murder of a police officer, aggravated criminal damage to property, and aggravated obstruction of a highway of commerce…