The Brief
- Isiah Jackson is accused of fleeing police and running over an officer’s leg.
- The incident in question happened near 35th and Townsend in Milwaukee on Aug. 8.
- The officer suffered multiple injuries.
MILWAUKEE – A 27-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of fleeing police and running over an officer’s leg before being taken into custody. The accused is Isiah Jackson – and he faces the following criminal counts:
- First-degree recklessly endangering safety
- Obstructing an officer causing a soft tissue injury to officer
- Operating a motor vehicle to flee or in an attempt to elude an officer
- Carrying a concealed weapon
Robbery suspect sought
What we know:
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police received a call on Friday, Aug. 8, from Brookfield police. Brookfield requested assistance in apprehending Jackson for a robbery offense that happened in Brookfield. Authorities gave Milwaukee police information about the vehicle Jackson was known to drive. Milwaukee police later located the vehicle in question at a gas station near 35th and Townsend.
When officers arrived at the Milwaukee gas station, they found Jackson outside the vehicle. When an officer approached the vehicle, the complaint says Jackson got inside his vehicle and was “revving” his engine. When officers attempted to remove Jackson from the vehicle, “the defendant then shifted his vehicle into reverse. (An officer) heard the tires squeal and observed the defendant’s vehicle moving backward as he was ‘standing on the side of the open vehicle door,'” the complaint says. The officer was dragged by the defendant’s door and “feared for his life, because he could not get out from behind the door,” the complaint says.…