A New Brighton police officer was injured while stuck in the door of a stolen car as the suspect ran the vehicle into a retail outlet, authorities said.
The frantic sequence of events erupted about 2 p.m. Monday at the intersection of W. County Road E and Silver Lake Road and left the officer with a broken wrist, police said. Authorities captured and arrested the suspect, a 26-year-old man from Minneapolis.
A second officer required medical evaluation for an injury that occurred while running after the suspect and has returned to duty.
According to police:
The officer stopped a motorcyclist in the parking lot of a business for lack of a license plate. The man got off the motorcycle and fought the officer before he got in a car and drove the vehicle into Midwest Tobacco and Vapor "with the officer still stuck in the vehicle door," a statement from police read.
The officer broke free before the man drove off. Other officers caught up with the suspect nearly 2 miles to the southwest near NE. 37th Avenue and Hayes Street, where one officer used his vehicle to bring the stolen car to a halt.
The man ran but was soon apprehended by police. He claimed that he ingested narcotics, prompting authorities to have him evaluated at a hospital before he was jailed.
A handgun was seized from the man, and narcotics he threw from the car were recovered.
