A man was charged with assaulting two Oak Grove Police officers after a traffic stop on Artic Avenue in Oak Grove Sunday afternoon.
Oak Grove Police say they stopped 19-year-old Aljeric Farley for speeding and he stopped at an address on Artic Avenue and claimed it was his girlfriend’s house but no one at the home knew him.
During the stop, officers could reportedly smell marijuana and Farley tried to get away on foot and take a backpack from the vehicle.
Police say Farley hit two officers in the head during the arrest. He was found to have a gun in his backpack and have marijuana in his possession.
He was arrested and charged with first-degree fleeing or evading police, resisting arrest, speeding, and third-degree assault of a police officer.