A Trigg County man was charged with hitting a law enforcement vehicle and leading them on a pursuit Friday night.
Trigg County Sheriff’s Deputy Gary Hicks says he attempted to stop 27-year-old Orlando Wilkerson on Blackhawk Road at Wallonia Road and he fled at speeds of over 100 mph. At the intersection of Adams Mill Road and P’pool Road Wilkerson allegedly turned his vehicle around and struck the deputy’s vehicle disabling Wilkerson’s car.
Hicks says Wilkerson was extremely combative and refused to get on the ground then got back into his vehicle and locked the door. Hicks’s K9 Bolo was reportedly able to get control of Wilkerson’s arm but he continued to fight the deputy and got into the back of Hicks’s cruiser at one point before he was tased and taken into custody.
A loaded handgun was reportedly found in Wilkerson’s car. He was arrested and charged with reckless driving, first-degree fleeing or evading police, following another vehicle too close, license to be in possession second-degree criminal mischief, resisting arrest, DUI, and first-degree wanton endangerment of a police officer.
