Charging documents say officers were in the 2200 block of Union St. trying to detain Burwell for the Missouri State Highway Patrol on a vehicle pursuit the week before.
Burwell told Circuit Judge Patrick Robb that he didn’t know why the two officers were running toward his vehicle when he put it in reverse with the door open, hitting one of the officers. The officer was not seriously hurt. Police say he then drove over a grass hill and hit a neighbor’s vehicle. Burwell said officers had to break out his car window to get him out.
In court documents, officials said Burwell was arrested and methamphetamine was found in his pocket and his backpack. Under a plea bargain, prosecutors agreed not to file additional charges.
Judge Robb followed the plea agreement and ordered Burwell to serve two years. The sentence will begin when Burwell completes a four-year prison term from a 2014 vehicle-tampering case. He is already in DOC custody.