
A suspect on the run for more than a month after allegedly tasing a strike-force officer has been arrested in Kansas.
According to Captain Shawn Collie, Commander of the Buchanan County Drug Strike Force, members of the U.S. Marshal’s Service arrested Justin Wolf on Wednesday in Leavenworth.
“We had information that he had left the area,” Collie said, “and so we requested assistance from the United States Marshall’s Service, who took over the case for the apprehension of Wolf.”
As we reported earlier, the suspect was spotted by an investigator who tried to arrest him near 12th and Highland in St. Joseph on September 2.
“The investigator had actually caught up to Wolf, went to take Wolf into custody at which time Wolf was able to take control of the Taser while the deputy was trying to handcuff him,” Collie said.
“Wolf used the Taser on the deputy and then ran again, with a second foot pursuit, where Wolf jumped into a car that was waiting for him,” he said.
That car was later spotted at the St. Joseph REC Center, where a witness said he saw Wolf get into another vehicle. The deputy was not seriously injured.
Collie says Wolf is being held in Leavenworth pending extradition on charges relating to the alleged officer assault, some property damage, and the alleged theft of a student’s car at Missouri Western.