North Carolina Man Gets 10 Years for Shooting at Police

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man was sentenced to 10 years in jail on Tuesday after his conviction on prices stemming from a police chase throughout which he fired a number of pictures at an officer, a federal prosecutor mentioned.

Cedrick Tyler Armstrong, 37, of Zebulon was convicted final November of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, mentioned U.S. Lawyer Michael Easley.

Courtroom paperwork present that on Oct. 12, 2018, a Wendell police investigator stopped a car during which Armstrong was a passenger. A baggie from the glove field examined optimistic for cocaine, and police tried to take away the driving force and Armstrong from the car. The investigator acquired one of many cuffs on the driving force earlier than a wrestle after which the driving force fled and dragged the investigator about 25 toes (7 meters).

Wendell law enforcement officials pursued the car via a number of counties reaching speeds in extra of 100 mph (44 km/h). Through the chase, roughly 9 pictures have been fired from the passenger facet of the car at a pursuing Wendell police officer, and the chase ended out of a priority for public and officer security, the information launch mentioned.

Armstrong and the driving force have been discovered and arrested that night time at a house in Raleigh, officers mentioned.

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