The two officers were investigating a suspicious vehicle June 5 that was parked between two semitrucks at Love’s Truck Stop, 2217 Edwin C. Moses Blvd., according to an affidavit filed in Dayton Municipal Court.
As the officers approached, the vehicle turned on and immediately reversed, striking both officers, before it left the parking lot, the affidavit read.
A Dayton sergeant spotted the vehicle on Interstate 75 headed toward Moraine and initiated a pursuit. The chase ended after the vehicle stopped in West Carrollton and with Easterling taken into custody following a brief foot pursuit, police said.
He remains in the Montgomery County Jail.
Easterling is currently in the Montgomery County Jail. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday, June 16, according to court documents.
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