The suspect in an assault of a Clark County sheriff’s deputy during a Hazel Dell traffic stop made his first court appearance today.
Clark County Superior Court Judge Robert Lewis set bail at $30,000 for Thomas D. Jackson, 25. He is being held in the Clark County Jail on suspicion of third-degree assault and attempting to elude a police officer.
At midnight Wednesday, a sheriff’s deputy had pulled Jackson’s vehicle over for an unspecified traffic violation.
Deputy Christopher Luque was trying to arrest Jackson on suspicion of providing a false name and driving with a suspended license. He was trying to unbuckle Jackson and take him into custody when Jackson allegedly pushed him away and slammed his arm in the vehicle’s door.
