Josh Skluzacek Created: April 16, 2021 03:25 PM
The man who allegedly assaulted a Menards employee and then sped away from a traffic stop with an officer hanging on to the driver s side window of his pickup in Hutchinson has been charged.
Court records show 61-year-old Luke Oeltjenbruns is charged with first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault and one count of fleeing a peace officer.
A criminal complaint states two Hutchinson police officers were called to the Menards on Montreal Street at about 1:50 p.m. on Wednesday for a reported assault. Officers were able to determine Oeltjenbruns was the suspect described by employees.
Them there crazy white folks…you just gotta love em’
The manner in which police in Hutchinson, Minnesota responded to a 61-year-old white man who dragged an officer with his vehicle while wielding a hammer has many calling out the inherent hypocrisies of law enforcement at large, particularly in light of the police killing of 20-year-old Black man Daunte Wright, which also occurred in Minnesota.
According to a WCCO report, the incident began at approximately 2 p.m. local time on Wednesday when an employee at a Menards home improvement store was “attacked” by the suspect later identified as Luke Alvine Oeltjenbruns with a piece of lumber. Shortly after, the man was seen by a police officer in a nearby Walmart parking lot.
KVRR Local News
April 15, 2021
Police say the 61-year-old suspect hit the Menard’s worker with some lumber after a mask dispute.
Police responded and a “slow speed pursuit” began near the Hutchinson Mall.
The man stopped and while the officer was talking to him through the window, he got trapped and the man drove off.
Police say he also hit the officer in the head with a hammer.
The officer was taken to the hospital and was last reported to be in stable condition.
The suspect, a Hutchinson man, was arrested at the scene.
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