May 06, 2021

Police: Kan. man faces more jail time after 5th DUI arrest

Posted May 06, 2021 1:00 AM
Patton photo Cowley County
Patton photo Cowley County

COWLEY COUNTY—A Kansas man is facing more jail time for a fifth DUI arrest since 2009.

Just before 6p.m. April 28, police were dispatched to west-central Arkansas City, Kansas for a report of a vehicle being driven on the wrong side of the roadway that almost had struck another oncoming vehicle, according to a media release.

Police located the vehicle in the 300 block of North A Street and conducted a traffic stop. The driver identified as 40-year-old Jason Dale Patton  was transported to the Arkansas City Police Department for further testing.

Following testing, Patton allegedly became irate and combative, slamming his own head multiple times into the holding room wall. After he later complained of head pain, he was evaluated by the Arkansas City Fire-EMS Department.

As Patton was being escorted outside the building for transport to the county jail, he then allegedly kicked and kneed holes into the wall of the police department.

Patton also began resisting the officers and had to be physically restrained prior to his transport.

Officers booked Patton on requested charges of one felony count each of driving under the influence (fifth offense) and interference with a law enforcement officer.

He also was arrested on one misdemeanor count each of criminal damage to property, driving with a suspended driver’s license and transporting an open container of alcohol, according to police.

Patton was transported to and booked into the Cowley County Jail in Winfield in lieu of $9,300 bond through Cowley County District Court in Arkansas City. He since has posted bond and been released.