An Illinois man is accused of kicking and biting and punching officers in Andrew County over the weekend after claiming to work for the C.I.A. and a tracking device inside of himself.

Carl Bernard Kelley III, 34 of Fairview Heights, Ill. is charged with three felonies for assault on a law enforcement officer, a misdemeanor for resisting/interfering with arrest, and a misdemeanor for operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner.

According to court documents, around 5:40 a.m. Saturday the Andrew County Sheriff’s Department responded to 59 highway on a report of a white van parked in the driving lane.  Deputy Robert Elam said a man was located in the passenger seat with a red handled utility knife in his right hand which was inside the pocket of the grey hoodie he was wearing and was asleep.

“Several attempts to wake the suspect were made but he didn’t wake up,” Elam said.

Elam said deputies requested an ambulance.

“When the ambulance arrived the subject woke up and spoke to the paramedic.  He refused to give her his name and started to talk about being employed by the C.I.A. and that he had a tracking device inside him,” Elam said. “He refuse to give his name and called himself Butch. He was told to get out of the vehicle, he refused.”

After several attempts to get Kelley out of the vehicle, Elam said he got out and sat on the back passenger side.

“He was told to stand and put his hands on the vehicle and he refused stating that he was with the C.I.A. and that they were coming to help him,” Elam said.

When another deputy tried to grab his wrist to pull him up Elam said Kelley pulled away and that’s when Elam drew his taser.

“He jumped and asked not to be tased.  He was told to stand up and place his hands on the vehicle.  He refused,” Elam said. “I warned him I was going to taser him.”

Elam said he deployed his taser twice, the first attempt just made contact with the suspect’s hoodie.

“I deployed another set of darts that made contact and he jumped up and started swinging and screaming then he jumped into the back seat of the van and covered up,” Elam said. “I opened the back hatch and told the suspect to get out of the vehicle, he refused.”

Elam said he stunned the suspect again.

“He jumped and swung at me, he grabbed a painters roller bar and tried to strike me in the chest and face, then he started to strike the left side window and right side window, “Elam said. “After Savannah City Officer Zeigler arrived he distracted the suspect and I grabbed the roller bar and took it from him.”

Elam said he tried to grab the suspect who was attempting to climb out the back left window of the van.

“He struck me in the face with his closed fist hitting me in nose and mouth,” Elam said.

He said two other officers pinned the man down in the back seat and were able to restrain his wrists. Elam said the suspect began to kick and bit another deputy on his hand.

“I retrieved a set of leg restraints and was able to get one on the suspect and was kicked in the chest,” Elam said. “The suspect was removed from the vehicle and put on the ground.  He was placed in a Savannah Police vehicle and transported to Mosaic ER for treatment and mental health evaluation.”