CALEDONIA, Miss. (AP) - A northeast Mississippi man has been charged with assaulting police officers after a chase ended with him pulling a knife on an officer.
The Commercial Dispatch reports 26-year-old Graham Pritchett of Hamilton is charged in Monroe County with aggravated assault on a police officer and two counts of simple assault on a police officer.
The charge says Pritchett pulled a knife on Caledonia marshal Lance Luckey on Saturday. Pritchett is also accused of hitting two county deputies as they tried to arrest Pritchett and four others in a vehicle.
Luckey, who also works as a Columbus police officer, was taken to a hospital with bruised ribs and released. Columbus Police Chief Fred Shelton says Luckey has returned to work.
The chase began in Lowndes County and ended in Monroe County.
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Information from: The Commercial Dispatch, http://www.cdispatch.com
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