A South Carolina man was arrested on multiple charges May 11 after scuffling with a Greene County deputy.
Daquan Kinloch, 26, of Huger, was charged with obstruction of an officer, financial transaction card forgery, identity fraud and attempted removal of a weapon from a public official.
According to reports, Deputy Matthew Cowdrey made a traffic stop on a vehicle at 3 p.m. near milepost 132 for a possible window tint violation.
Cowdrey activated his siren and lights but said in his report that the vehicle took an unusually long time to pull over.
He also noted that the tag appeared extremely ‘worn’ and that the issuing state label (Pennsylvania) was partially blocked by a license plate border.
When Cowdrey made contact with the driver through the front passenger window, he said he immediately detected the odor of marijuana
Cowdrey asked Kinloch to provide his driver’s license, vehicle registration and proof of insurance for the vehicle, and Kinloch began patting his pockets and looking around the vehicle as if he was looking for his license. Kinloch then started to reach into the back seat at which point Cowdrey asked him to exit the vehicle and step to the front of Cowdrey’s patrol unit.
Kinloch’s name and date of birth were provided to dispatch, and Cowdrey told him that because of the odor of marijuana coming from the car he was going to search it.
Kinloch said he did not have any marijuana. According to Cowdrey’s report, Kinloch appeared very nervous and refused to make eye contact the deputy while speaking to him. Kinloch was instructed to stand with the front of his vehicle.
After walking to the front of the vehicle, Kinloch took a few steps then stopped, according to the report. He was instructed to keep walking at which time he began walking back towards the vehicle while grabbing at his keys.
Dispatch then advised Cowdrey that Kinloch was currently wanted. Cowdrey asked Kinloch for his keys to prevent him from fleeing the scene. Cowdrey attempted to place Kinloch in handcuffs and requested another unit to come to the scene.
But after placing one cuff on Mr. Kinloch’s left wrist, Cowdrey said the man quickly spun around tried to flee towards his vehicle.
Cowdrey said he held onto the second cuff and tried to pull Kinloch back, but he broke free and continued towards the driver side door of the vehicle. In an attempt to prevent
In an attempt to prevent Kinloch from retrieving a weapon or fleeing in the vehicle, Cowdrey deployed his Taser, which did not appear to be effective.
Kinloch opened the driver’s door to the vehicle and entered the vehicle in an attempt to flee.
The Taser was deployed again without a measurable effect
Cowdrey said he began using the drive stun method with his Taser while pulling Kinloch’s left arm to remove him from the vehicle at which time he began kicking at the deputy.
Cowdrey was finally able to remove Kinloch from the vehicle, but he continued resist and fight
According to Cowdrey’s account, Kinloch then attempted to grab the Taser out of his hand. Then he reached into the driver’s door compartment and Cowdrey thought he might be grabbing a weapon.
Cowdrey drew his duty weapon and gave verbal commands while backing up trying increase distance between himself and Kinloch. After retrieving an unknown item from the door compartment, Kinloch turned around and began coming towards the deputy, while still fighting through taser cycles.
At this point Kinloch turned around and began to flee. He ran into the mirror of his vehicle and fell to the ground. When he got back to his feet, he fled into the wood line.
Uncertain if Kinloch had a weapon or not, Cowdrey did not immediately pursue him into the woods, so he retrieved his K9 partner Takota and entered the woods.
When Kinloch heard Cowdrey giving K9 announcements, Kinloch yelled from the woods that he surrendered.
Lt. Patrick Paquette arrived on scene and Kinloch was taken into custody without further incident. EMS arrived on scene and transported Mr. Kinloch to Good Samaritan Hospital to assess his injuries.
Items previously thrown by Kinloch on the shoulder of the interstate were located and discovered to be (15) credit/ debit cards, each in different names and having a four-digit number written on the back of each card in blue permanent marker. A search of the vehicle
A search of the vehicle revealed marijuana residue scattered on the driver’s side floorboard, a Georgia temporary license plate registration for the vehicle, a Georgia driver’s license with Kinloch’s picture (later determined to be fictitious), two cell phones and seizure paperwork from the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration. All items were photographed and retained as evidence.