The Arkansas City Police Department arrested an Ark City man April 28 on suspicion of DUI after he was pulled over for driving on the wrong side of the road.
According to a news release from the ACPD Wednesday, Jason Dale Patton, 30, was arrested on suspicion of one felony count each of driving under the influence (fifth offense) and interference with a law enforcement officer.
He also was arrested on one misdemeanor count each of criminal damage to property, driving with a suspended driver’s license and transporting an open container of alcohol.
Patton was transported to and booked into the Cowley County Jail in Winfield on a bond of $9,300 through Cowley County District Court in Ark City. He since has posted bond and been released.
Officers were dispatched around 5:45 p.m. April 28, to west-central Ark City for a report of a vehicle being driven on the wrong side of the roadway that almost had struck another oncoming vehicle.
Police located the vehicle in the 300 block of North A Street and conducted a traffic stop. The driver was identified as Patton, who transported to the police department for further testing.
Following testing, Patton allegedly became irate and combative, slamming his own head multiple times into the holding room wall. After he later complained of head pain, he was evaluated by the Ark City Fire-EMS Department.
As Patton was being escorted outside the building for transport to the county jail, he then allegedly kicked and kneed holes into the wall of the police department.
Patton also began resisting the officers and had to be physically restrained prior to his transport.
