Man charged after punching officer
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By Dustin Lemmon | Thursday, August 16, 2007 |
TODAY: (Updated 11:54 a.m.) A Davenport police officer and the suspect he was trying to arrest landed on a busy Locust Street Wednesday afternoon after a brief struggle.
The suspect, Marquis A. Allen, 20, of 1411 Bridge Ave., Apt. 2, was charged in Scott County District Court Thursday with assaulting a peace officer, possession of drug paraphernalia and harassing a public official.
Allen is accused of punching the officer in the chest and running from him after they landed in the street at 3:38 p.m. near the Iowa Street intersection, court records state. The officer had stopped Allen for a traffic violation.
Allen was apprehended after police chased him for several blocks. No one was seriously injured.
A marijuana pipe was found inside his vehicle, court records state.
Dustin Lemmon can be contacted at (563) 383-2493 or dlemmon@qctimes.com.
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