7/29/2014
San Benito man jailed after police officer dragged by car
San Benito man jailed after police officer dragged by car
A San Benito man is facing a laundry list of criminal charges after a dispuate about a loose dog belonging to an elected official ended with a police officer being dragged by a car.
San Benito police arrested 57-year-old Jerry Daniel Smith on several criminal charges just before 6 p.m. Saturday.
Investigators told Action 4 News that officers were called out to a home on the 1700 block of Russell Lane for a disturbance.
According to a police, Smith was upset and using vulgar language because his neighbor's dog got loose.
San Benito police confirmed that the dog belong to Guadalupe Ayala, who recently won the Democratic Party Primary runoff for the Cameron County Pct. 3-1 Justice of the Peace seat.
Ayala is expected to take office in January and could not immediately be reached for comment but police said the officer was going to arrest Smith for disorderly conduct.
Smith was sitting inside a white Dodge, refused to get out and started the engine.
Investigators told Action 4 News that the officer told Smith to turn off the engine but he refused and took off dragging the officer for at least 150 feet.
The officer was not seriously injured but police charged Smith with aggravated assault of a public servant, evading arrest, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Smith remains in custody at the Cameron County Jail under $90,000 dollars in bonds.
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