Jefferson City police subdue man with pepper spray during traffic stop

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

Police used pepper spray to subdue a man who was resisting arrest during a traffic stop Friday on Highway 50/63 in Jefferson City.

Officers stopped the vehicle in the 100 block of Highway 50/63 because a person inside was wanted for a parole violation, the Jefferson City Police Department said in a news release. The suspect pulled a knife and ordered the driver, a woman, to drive away, police said.

Police were able to keep the vehicle from taking off and get the driver out but used pepper spray on the parole violation suspect, according to the release. The man failed to follow orders after police got him out of the vehicle and officers forced him to the ground, JCPD said.

The 35-year-old suspect was treated for pepper spray exposure and taken to the Cole County Jail. The driver, a 31-year-old woman, was also jailed on suspicion of resisting arrest, drug possession and hindering arrest, according to the news release.

Police did not give the names of the suspects.