A Tennessee man is facing at least 14 charges after he crashed a vehicle and flung fentanyl powder in the face of officers during his arrest, authorities said.
Rodney Bates, 31, was taken into custody Friday night by authorities with the Chattanooga Housing Authority after a pair of officers attempted to top his black Jeep Cherokee for a window tint violation, according to a report citing an affidavit obtained Monday.
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Bates spoke to the officers briefly before slamming on the gas and attempting to flee, the report noted.
However, the Jeep crashed into an SUV, and Bates was detained while trying to flee the scene on foot, according to police.
Inside his vehicle were “multiple baggies of blue fentanyl pills and white powder believed to also be fentanyl,” according to the affidavit.
Bates was then placed into a patrol car.
“Rodney was then observed throwing money to females nearby and possible narcotics removed from his crotch region,” according to an officer.
Soon the patrol vehicle began to “rock” and Bates was found with “his hands towards the front of his person and hunched over,” the officer said.
Bates “had climbed over my 3 rows of back seats and gotten to the evidence in the trunk of my patrol vehicle which was still in the backpack that was recovered from the stolen Jeep,” the officer said, according to the affidavit.
“I then made contact with Rodney where he then took crushed fentanyl in large baggies and threw them at my face.”
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Both officers were completely covered in fentanyl powder, the other officer said.
Bates was attempting to kill them, one officer said, and the suspect was placed in Hamilton County Jail on 14 charges, including two counts of attempted first-degree murder, reckless endangerment, resisting arrest, and three counts of possession of drugs for resale.
