A College Park

man has been arrested after deputies say he attempted to run over an undercover

agent who was trying to keep him from fleeing the scene of a drug bust.

Rodney Romel

Jacobs, 24, tried to drive away from a sting last week at a convenience

store in north Fayette County that involved an undercover officer purchasing

one pound of marijuana, according to Lt. Charles McCollum of the Fayette

County Sheriff's Department.

In his attempt

to flee the scene, Jacobs put the car in reverse and rammed a police vehicle,

McCollum said. Then, as Jacobs' car lurched forward in his attempt to

escape, one undercover officer from the Fayette County Drug Task Force

was directly in the car's path, McCollum said.

"The driver

tried to drive off and an officer got in front of the car and hollered,

"Police, Stop!" McCollum said.

The officer

shot the vehicle's left front tire and others were able to block in the

vehicle and pull Jacobs out to make the arrest, McCollum said.

"They

had him boxed in and they took him out of the car and arrested him,"

McCollum said.

No one was

injured during the incident, McCollum added.

Another College

Park man, Tarik Jihad Childs, 22, was arrested after trying to flee the

scene. He was chased on foot and apprehended by officers, McCollum said.

The money used

to make the transaction was also recovered, McCollum added.

Jacobs is charged

with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of ecstasy and

selling marijuana, all felonies. Childs is charged with selling marijuana

and obstruction of a police officer. Both men also face misdemeanor counts

of possession of less than one ounce of marijuana.

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