08/23/2009 12:52 AM

ON 08/23/2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:52 AM, A MADISON POLICE OFFICER WAS ON ROUTINE PATROL IN THE ALLIED DRIVE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN HE NOTICED A FORD TAURUS STATION WAGON WITH NO LICENSE PLATE. THE OBSERVANT OFFICER INITIATED HIS EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND MADE A TRAFFIC STOP NEAR JENEWEIN DR., BUT THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE (RAMON D. HOWARD) IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE CAR AND WALKED AWAY. THE OFFICER GAVE CLEAR DIRECTIVES FOR HOWARD TO STOP AND COME BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SCENE, BUT AS THE OFFICER NEARED HOWARD HE STARTED TO RUN BEHIND NEARBY APARTMENT BUILDINGS. DURING THE FOOT PURSUIT, HOWARD FELL DOWN AND STRUGGLED BRIEFLY WITH THE OFFICER, BUT REGAINED HIS FOOTING AND CONTINUED TO RUN. HOWARD WAS SAID TO HAVE THROWN A GARBAGE CAN IN THE PATH OF THE OFFICER TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT DURING THE PURSUIT, AND AS HOWARD FELL A SECOND TIME THE OFFICER FOUND HIMSELF IN AN ELONGATED FIGHT WITH HOWARD.HOWARD CONTINUED TO PUNCH THE OFFICER IN THE CHEST AND TORSO AS THE OFFICER ATTEMPTED TO GAIN CONTROL OF THIS SUSPECT. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WERE DISPATCHED TO THE AREA TO ASSIST THE OFFICER, AND THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO WOULD CONTINUE WITH BOTH SUSTAINING NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. HOWARD MANAGED TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE OFFICER AND ATTEMPTED TO SEEK REFUGE IN A NEARBY APARTMENT COMPLEX BEFORE HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. HOWARD DEFECATED IN HIS PANTS, AND WAS TREATED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES BEFORE BEING BOOKED INTO THE DANE COUNTY JAIL ON RELATED CHARGES LISTED ABOVE.PO HOWARD PAYNE

Case number: 2009-250922

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