Around 5pm, Chief Brian Bixby served an outstanding warrant for resisting arrest on 50-year old Richard David Miller Jr of Claremont at a gas station on South Main Street in downtown Catawba. According to the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office, Miller attacked the officer and fled the scene on foot leading to a foot chase.
Chief Bixby fell during the pursuit and was injured. He was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
Miller was found about a half an hour after the foot chase in a wooded area about two-tenths of a mile away. He is now charged with assault on a government official, which is a misdemeanor, and resisting a public officer, which is also a misdemeanor.
Miller is being held in the Catawba County Jail and is scheduled for a court appearance today in Newton.
Photo: Catawba County Sheriff’s Office