{"id":1994210,"date":"2023-08-08T12:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-suspect-throws-fentanyl-in-faces-of-police-during-arrest\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T12:22:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:22:59","slug":"tennessee-suspect-throws-fentanyl-in-faces-of-police-during-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-suspect-throws-fentanyl-in-faces-of-police-during-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee suspect throws fentanyl in faces of police during arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennessee-suspect-throws-fentanyl-in-faces-of-police-during-arrest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1994210&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tennessee Man Faces Multiple Charges After Dramatic Arrest<\/h2>\n<p>A Tennessee man is \u200cnow\u200b facing a slew \u200bof charges after a chaotic incident that involved\u2063 a vehicle \u2062crash and the\u2064 flinging of fentanyl powder at\u2063 arresting officers. Rodney Bates, 31, was \u200capprehended by authorities from the Chattanooga Housing Authority on Friday\u200c night.\u2063 The arrest came after officers attempted to pull over Bates&#8217; black Jeep Cherokee \u200bfor a \u2063window tint violation.<\/p>\n<p>According \u2064to an affidavit obtained on Monday, Bates briefly spoke to\u2062 the officers before suddenly accelerating\u2064 and attempting to flee. However, his escape was short-lived as the\u2062 Jeep crashed into an SUV, forcing Bates \u200cto abandon his plan and flee on foot. Police \u2064were able \u2062to detain\u2064 him at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Upon searching Bates&#8217; vehicle, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-suspect-throws-fentanyl-in-faces-of-police-during-arrest\/\" title=\"Tennessee suspect hurls fentanyl at police during arrest.\">officers discovered\u200d multiple baggies<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ccp-diplomat-tried-to-lobby-us-lawmakers-to-deflect-blame-for-causing-us-fentanyl-crisis\/\" title=\"CCP Diplomat Tried to Lobby US Lawmakers to Deflect Blame for Causing US\u2019 Fentanyl Crisis\">blue fentanyl pills<\/a> and\u200d white powder suspected to be fentanyl. Bates was \u2064promptly placed into a patrol\u2062 car. However, the situation \u2064took another unexpected turn\u2062 when Bates began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocking-video-shows-two-children-collecting-tips-on-stage-at-drag-nightclub\/\" title=\"Shocking Video Shows Two Children Collecting Tips On Stage At Drag Nightclub\">throwing money<\/a> and possible narcotics to nearby females. He then proceeded to access\u200b the \u200cevidence in the trunk of the patrol vehicle, which was still in a backpack recovered from \u2063the stolen Jeep.<\/p>\n<p>As the situation \u200bescalated, \u2063Bates took crushed fentanyl in large baggies and\u2064 threw them at one of the\u2063 officers&#8217; faces. Both officers were completely covered in fentanyl powder, putting their lives at risk. Bates&#8217; reckless actions led to his arrest on 14 charges,\u2063 including \u200dtwo counts of attempted first-degree murder, reckless endangerment, resisting arrest,\u2064 and three counts\u2062 of possession of drugs for resale.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Takeaways:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Rodney Bates, 31, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ark-man-confesses-to-breaching-capitol\/\" title=\"Ark. man confesses to breaching Capitol\">facing multiple charges<\/a> after\u2063 crashing his\u2063 vehicle and\u2062 flinging fentanyl powder at arresting officers.<\/li>\n<li>The incident began when officers attempted to pull over Bates&#8217; black \u200bJeep Cherokee for a window \u2063tint violation.<\/li>\n<li>Bates initially tried to \u200dflee but \u200dcrashed into an SUV, leading to\u2063 his arrest.<\/li>\n<li>Officers found multiple baggies of\u2062 fentanyl pills and powder in Bates&#8217; vehicle.<\/li>\n<li>Bates escalated the situation \u200dby throwing money and narcotics, and later flinging crushed fentanyl at an officer&#8217;s \u200cface.<\/li>\n<li>Both officers were covered in fentanyl powder, putting their\u200b lives at risk.<\/li>\n<li>Bates now faces 14 charges, \u2062including attempted first-degree murder and possession of drugs for resale.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/tennessee-man-faces-14-charges-after-crashing-vehicle-flinging-fentanyl-powder-at-officers\">The\u200c Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Tennessee man is facing at least 14 charges after he crashed a vehicle and flung fentanyl powder in the face of officers during his arrest, authorities said. Rodney Bates, 31, was taken into custody Friday night by authorities with the Chattanooga Housing Authority after a pair of officers attempted to top his black Jeep<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1994211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1994210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1994210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1994211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1994210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1994210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1994210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}