Man who threatened President Trump rammed car of deputy who tried to pull him over before leading high-speed chase: Sheriff

A 43-year-old antheral successful North Carolina is accused of ramming a deputy's patrol car and starring authorities connected a multicounty high-speed pursuit erstwhile they tried to propulsion him implicit for allegedly making threats against the beingness of President Donald Trump.

Shaun Brian Jones was taken into custody implicit the play and charged astatine the authorities level with 1 number each of battle connected a authorities official, resisting arrest, fleeing oregon eluding apprehension successful a moving vehicle, and nonaccomplishment to halt for bluish airy and siren, tribunal records show.

According to an apprehension warrant, the probe into Jones began erstwhile the U.S. Secret Service contacted the Catawba Sheriff's Office connected Saturday day regarding alleged "threats towards the president made by the defendant." The national agents requested the sheriff's bureau find Jones and execute a payment check.

That day, a lawman allegedly spotted Jones' conveyance driving northbound connected Highway 16 successful Conover, a metropolis located astir 45 miles northwest of Charlotte, and attempted to behaviour an "investigative stop" connected the vehicle. At immoderate constituent during the postulation stop, authorities say, Jones assaulted the lawman by "striking the beforehand of [the deputy's] patrol conveyance with his vehicle." The lawman was "still wrong the patrol vehicle" erstwhile it was allegedly struck by Jones.

After smashing into the deputy's vehicle, Jones allegedly drove away, continuing to question northbound connected the highway.

A sheriff's lawman successful Alexander County soon located Jones' car and likewise attempted to behaviour a postulation stop, but Jones allegedly refused to stop. Authorities besides noted that Jones was driving "recklessly" and was "speeding successful excess of 15 miles per hr implicit the ineligible velocity limit" arsenic helium attempted to elude deputies.

After notifying officials successful Alexander County astir the situation, authorities located Jones' conveyance successful the parking batch of First Baptist Church successful Taylorsville, astir 16 miles north. He was taken into custody pursuing a little standoff, Charlotte-based Fox affiliate WJZY reported.

After Jones' arrest, deputies reportedly discovered that an explosive instrumentality whitethorn person been successful the defendant's car. The Gaston County Police Department's Hazardous Device Units were called to the country to investigate, and postulation successful the surrounding country was temporarily closed, but the conveyance was recovered to beryllium wide of immoderate unsafe devices.

Court documents did not supply immoderate details astir the quality of the threats Jones allegedly made against the president.

In a connection to WJZY, a spokesperson for the Secret Service said the bureau "takes immoderate accusation oregon enactment that could beryllium perceived arsenic a imaginable menace to our protectees highly seriously."

"We analyse and enactment connected specified matters swiftly and successful adjacent coordination with our instrumentality enforcement partners," the connection said.

Jones had not been charged with immoderate national crimes arsenic of Monday morning, but the Secret Service reportedly said that its probe into the incidental remains ongoing.

Jones is presently being held successful the Alexander County Detention Center connected $120,000 bond. He is scheduled to marque his archetypal quality successful tribunal connected Feb. 16, records show.