Officer Injured in Fight with Suspect

OVERTON � An East Texas officer gets into a verbal and physical fight this week with a man who officers say was drunk. It began as a domestic disturbance between a mother and son. Overton police thought it had died down. But when Captain Clayton Taylor arrived at the scene, the fight was far from over. Authorities say Jonathan Earl Stuckey, 27, lashed out at Taylor as he was trying to calm Stuckey down. Taylor got Stuckey to the ground. But while handcuffing him, Taylor realized he was badly hurt, so he called for backup and an ambulance. A broken knuckle is fortunately the worst of Taylor�s injuries.

As for Stuckey, he was booked in the Smith County Jail that night. Later transferred to the Rusk County Jail, he faces multiple charges of assault on a public servant, assault family violence, and resisting arrest. And this isn�t the duo�s first encounter with the law. They both have a rather extensive rap sheet for causing trouble in the past.