Local man arrested on multiple charges after allegedly fleeing from sheriff's deputies

A local man on parole was arrested on multiple charges, including felony fleeing, after he allegedly led Garland County Sheriff's deputies on a lengthy pursuit through the city early Monday.

Christopher Paul Jagan, 33, who lists an address of 524 San Felipe Road, was taken into custody shortly after 1 a.m. and charged with fleeing, a felony punishable by up to six years in prison, careless and prohibited driving, failure to obey a traffic signal, four counts of failure to obey a stop sign, operating an unsafe vehicle and defective taillights.

He was later released on $2,500 bond and is set to appear Oct. 7 in Garland County District Court.

According to the affidavit, shortly after 12:30 a.m., GCSD Cpl. Josh Cannon was dispatched to the suspect's residence regarding a possible domestic battery and while en route the alleged victim, the suspect's wife, 33, called back and stated her husband had left the house and was probably on Fox Pass Road.

Cannon spotted the suspect's vehicle, a red Jeep Cherokee, in the 600 block of Fox Pass and made a traffic stop due to the vehicle not having any taillights and based on the earlier complaint.

Dispatch was unable to make contact with the victim again so he asked Jagan if he would come to the sheriff's department until they could speak with his wife. Jagan indicated he was okay with Cannon and Sgt. Scott West following him to the department so they wouldn't have to tow his vehicle.

As they passed the sheriff's department, Jagan allegedly refused to stop and continued on Ouachita as West activated his lights and siren. The pursuit continued onto 6th Street where he ran stop signs at 6th and Ward, 6th and Rector and 6th and Hobson.

Cannon had made contact with Jagan's wife who was reportedly on the phone with Jagan and he allegedly told her he was "not stopping for the cops" and they were "going to have to shoot him."

The suspect continued onto South Street and then 7th Street where he pulled into a driveway in the 600 block.

West exited his unit and approached Jagan who allegedly refused to come out of his vehicle. West grabbed him by the left arm and tried to open the driver's door, but Jagan told him it was broken.

The deputy let go of Jagan who suddenly moved to the passenger side and jumped out "in an aggressive manner." West pulled out his baton and at that point Jagan complied and got on the ground.

The report notes Jagan's vehicle was not towed because he had pulled into his mother's driveway.

The victim came to the department and stated she could hear the sirens when she was on the phone with Jagan. She said he told her several times he was not going to stop and asked her not to file charges.

Local on 09/23/2014

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