A Wasilla man with a felony warrant and a mobile methamphetamine lab was taken into custody after he tried to run from an Alaska State Trooper and fought with the officer, authorities say.
Sunday around 9:20 p.m., AST conducted a traffic stop on a 1999 Subaru Legacy for moving violations. When a trooper tried to stop the car, however, the driver — 29-year-old Jordan Melton — hopped out of the moving Subaru and ran away, according to an online AST dispatch.
“Melton fought the pursuing Trooper, injuring the Trooper before being taken into custody,” the dispatch says.
The trooper was treated at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center for minor injuries.
Melton had an outstanding $25,000 felony warrant for his arrest on one count each of second-, third- and fifth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance as well as five counts of fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, AST said.
He was also found to be in possession of the mobile meth lab and other controlled substances. Melton was remanded at the Mat-Su Pretrial Facility for second-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, fourth-degree assault of a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest and for the outstanding warrant. He is being held without bail.