Repeat offender arrested after tussle at bank

Repeat offender arrested after tussle at bank

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A Jackson man and repeat offender was arrested and charged this morning following a tussle that left one Ridgeland Police officer with minor injuries at a Ridgeland bank yesterday.

Terrance McChristian, 30, of Jackson, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, aggravated assault on law enforcement, reckless driving and felony fleeing arrest.

Ridgeland Police Chief John Neal said that McChristian was also wanted on warrants for sexual battery and domestic violence.

Neal said that his officers with the valuable assistance of the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force were able to locate McChristian on Thursday morning, Sept. 17. McChristian was arrested in the Cowboy Maloney and Northern Tool parking lot off Beasley Road at approximately 8:30 a.m. by the US Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force. 

Neal said that the incident with McChristian started Wednesday when his officers received a call about an incident at a local bank.

On Wednesday, Sept. 16, at approximately 11:45 a.m., RPD officers responded to Regions Bank, located at 1240 E. County Line Road, for a disorderly customer in the bank. Officers were advised this subject was harassing bank employees and they could not get him to leave the bank. As Ridgeland PD officers arrived, they observed the suspect’s vehicle parked in the parking lot. They then encountered the subject inside the bank.  


“Officers were advised upon arrival, the suspect had outstanding arrest warrants through Ridgeland PD for sexual battery and domestic violence,’ Neal said.

As an officer encountered the suspect in the bank, he was placing him under arrest and the subject began resisting him. The suspect then ran to his vehicle that was parked in the parking lot.  

Officers gave chase on foot, deployed their department-issued tasers — which Neal notes were ineffective on the subject — and attempted to pull him from the vehicle as he was backing up.

An officer was caught between the open door and the vehicle and was struck by the vehicle as it backed up. Neal said the officer sustained minor injuries and was able to remain at work.

 The suspect backed into an unoccupied patrol vehicle and fled out of the parking lot as he drove over a curb and grassy area. Arriving back-up officers were able to give chase for a short distance on County Line Road and Ridgewood Court until the driving of the suspect became too erratic and the pursuit was terminated.

The subject was identified through the license plate registration as McChristian. RPD and the fugitive task force would catch up with him later the following day. McChristian is being held at the Madison County Detention Center pending an initial appearance where consideration will be taken on bond, officials said.






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