Man Scuffles with Longview Police

LONGVIEW � What started out as a criminal trespass case has resulted in additional charges being filed against an East Texas man. Just before 5:30 Tuesday night, Longview police responded to a criminal trespass call in the 1500 block of East Whaley Street. On the property, officers found Charles L. Johnson, 53, of Omaha, who had previously been warned by police on two separate occasions to stay off the property.

When the officers tried to take Johnson into custody, they say he resisted and struck one of the officers several times. During the incident Johnson is said to have told the officers that he was also a peace officer. Johnson was eventually taken in to custody and charged with criminal trespass, impersonating a peace officer, assault on a public servant, and resisting arrest.

One of the officers suffered minor injuries during the scuffle.