Assault on Police Officer

An Antioch Police Officer was injured April 5 at 1:53 a.m. after a parolee-at-large knocked her down with his car in the Valero gas station at 2101 Somersville Road then rammed her patrol car.

The officer was conducting a traffic stop on Dante Curry, 28, of San Francisco, for driving with no headlights on. Curry provided the officer with a false name upon first contact.  The officer opened Curry’s driver’s door and asked him to step out of the car in order to try and confirm his identity.

Curry instead put his car in reverse and knocked the officer down with the car door and then rammed the officer’s patrol car, according to police. The officer was knocked to the ground with such force that she had to be treated at a local hospital. She was later released and is expected to make a full recovery.

Curry sped off in his car and a pursuit ensued with other APD officers. The pursuit ended several miles away near Sequoia and Redwood Drive in Antioch. Both the driver and passenger fled on foot. The passenger was apprehended with the help of an Antioch police K9 unit.

The driver, Curry, fled over several neighborhood fences and was eventually caught after and extensive search with the help of a Brentwood PD K9.  Curry was found to be a parolee at large out of San Francisco. He is on parole for weapons and explosives violations.


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