Published: January 7, 2019

A SIMPLE TRAFFIC STOP IN WILSON COUNTY ENDED WITH ONE ARRESTED AFTER FIGHTING MULTIPLE POLICE OFFICERS INSIDE A MOVING VEHICLE.  MEDIA SOURCES REPORT, THE INCIDENT OCCURRED THURSDAY NIGHT IN LEBANON WHEN OFFICERS PULLED OVER A VEHICLE BEING DRIVEN BY BENJAMIN HARRIS, 42, OF CULLEOKA.  THE MAURY COUNTY MAN ALLEGEDLY JUMPED OUT THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT HE HAD NO LICENSE AND THAT THE CAR WAS NOT HIS.  AFTER IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HARRIS WAS DRIVING ON A REVOKED LICENSE AND WAS ON FELONY PROBATION FOR MULTIPLE COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND SCHEDULE II DRUGS, HE JUMPED BACK INTO THE CAR AND TRIED TO ESCAPE.  LEBANON OFFICERS JUMPED INSIDE TO AVOID BEING RUN OVER AT WHICH TIME A BATTLE ENSUED.  HARRIS WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND A SEARCH OF THE CAR YIELDED VARIOUS ITEMS INCLUDING TWO LARGE KNIFES, A DIGITAL SCALE AS WELL AS PILLS, DRUG PIPES, AND A BAGGIE FILLED WITH WHAT'S BELIEVED TO BE METH.  HARRIS IS IN THE WILSON COUNTY JAIL AND IS CHARGED WITH A NUMBER OF CRIMES, INCLUDING RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, EVADING ARREST, POSSESSION OF METH, AND DRIVING ON A REVOKED LICENSE FIFTH OFFENSE.  THE LEBANON POLICE ALSO CHARGED HARRIS WITH TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.