KANSAS CITY —A Kansas City man has been charged in an assault of a police officer after the defendant caused the officer to fall down stairs and break an ankle, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
Twann J. McGill Jr. 42,, faces Assault 2nd Degree and Resisting Arrest.
According to court records, Raytown police were dispatched on a reported domestic disturbance in an apartment on Raytown Road. Upon arrival police heard a man yell, "'I'm going to beat your ass again."
Officers knocked on the door and announced their presence. The defendant cracked the door open and told the police officer to go away.
Other officers arrived after the defendant continued to refuse to open the door. They took the defendant into custody and were walking him down stairs in the apartment complex when the defendant lunged and pushed into the officer, causing the officer to fall down the stairs and break his ankle.