St. Joseph man charged for hitting patrol car, injuring officer

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Tyler Allan Armstrong/Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office photo

By BRENT MARTIN

St. Joseph Post

A
28-year-old St. Joseph man faces several charges after allegedly injuring a St.
Joseph police officer while fleeing in a vehicle from a fight with another man
very early Tuesday morning.

Tyler
Allan Armstrong has been charged with aggravated fleeing a stop, driving while
intoxicated leading to physical injury, and third-degree assault.

St.
Joseph police say officers responded to break up a fight in the 1000 block of Corby Street when Armstrong jumped in a car and fled the scene.
Armstrong struck two patrol cars, injuring an officer in one of the cars.
Officers pursued. The pursuit ended when Armstrong crashed into a parked car at
9th and Church where he was arrested.

Armstrong
is being held without bond.

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