Driver’s Minor Traffic Violation Leads To Standoff: Deputies

STAFFORD, VA—A Woodbridge guy is in the back of bars following a 20-minute standoff with Stafford County sheriff deputies Thursday.

Eddie Rivers, III, 39, of Woodbridge is charged with eluding, riding after forfeiture of license, obstruction and making an unlawful U-turn.

According to officials, Rivers’s arrest all began over a minor visitors violation earlier than escalating into one thing larger.

At roughly nine:45 p.m. Thursday, deputies stated First Sgt. Johnson witnessed a Ford Fusion make an unlawful U-turn on Staffordboro Boulevard. Johnson activated his blue lighting fixtures to habits a visitors forestall, however Rivers failed to forestall.

Instead, deputies stated Rivers slammed on his brakes and attempted to go into the Staffordboro McDonald’s parking space. Rivers used to be not able to make the flip, so deputies stated he ran over the curb and went again onto Staffordboro Boulevard.

Deputies stated Rivers persevered to the intersection with Garrisonville Road and grew to become westbound. He then made a proper turn out to be the McDonald’s front from Garrisonville Road and proceeded to force totally across the speedy meals trade with Johnson in pursuit.

As the Rivers returned to the drive-thru facet of the trade, deputies stated he in brief stopped and used to be ordered to turn his palms. Instead, officials stated he put the automobile in opposite and sponsored towards the legislation enforcement automobile. Rivers persevered to opposite and in the end stopped in a automobile parking space.

For the following twenty mins, deputies stated they tried to reason why with Rivers and feature him display his palms; then again, he refused to conform to directions.

After hard makes an attempt to reason why with the suspect, deputies stated they approached the automobile the use of a ballistic defend as quilt. Rivers nonetheless refused to cooperate. Deputies applied OC spray and have been in a position to take away him from the automobile.

Rivers used to be held with out bond on the Rappahannock Regional Jail.