A River Falls man attempted to run from police after being detained for giving them a false name. The incident involved multiple law enforcement agencies resulting in a few ovcers be ing injured.

Isreal was ordered to pay $5,000 cash bail Sept. 12 in Pierce County Circuit Court on felony escape – criminal arrest (repeater), two counts of felony resist ovcer – sub stantial bodily harm/soft tissue injury (repeater), resisting or obstructing an of- ficer (repeater) and possess drug paraphernalia (repeater) charges. If convicted, he faces up to six years in prison and/or up to $10,000 in fines. According to the complaint: At 11:45 p.m. Sept. 7, an ovcer responded to the area of North Second and East Cedar streets in River Falls after receiving a smoke complaint. While attempting to find the smoke's source, the ovcer saw a fire burn ing in the backyard at 402 ½ N. Third St. and a grill with flames where someone was cooking. The flames in the firepit were green in color and smelled of burnt plastic.

The ovcer approached and got a look at the man at the grill, who matched a description police had received of someone possibly staying at the residence with active warrants for disorderly conduct, battery and resisting with a history of being “highly combative with law enforcement." The ovcer requested other ovcers re spond for back up.

When more ovcers ar rived, they approached the man and called out the name “D’Angelo.” He did respond the first time, and the sec ond time turned around and said that wasn’t his name. He claimed to be someone named Isiah Isreal, D’Angelo’s brother, and said he had no identification to pro vide. Pierce County dispatch found no one by that name.

At this point, two women, ages 47 and 21, and a man came outside. The older woman said police had no reason to identify the man claiming to be Isiah. Police informed her that they were investigation an ordinance violation and needed to iden- fity him. The woman became extremely confrontational and upset.

The younger woman said she knew no one named D’Angelo and that the man in question was her boyfriend, Isiah. Police told the man that he was being detained due to giving police a false name. He asked if he could get the food ou the grill, which ovcers allowed. He told them he was going to take it inside, but the ov cers told him to set it down. The older woman, who had gone in the house, came running outside and attempted to wedge herself between an ovcer and the Isreal. Police instructed her to step back, at which point Isreal attempted to run. He became combative and physically resisted by pulling his hands away and refusing to comply with orders. Police got him to the ground and pressed a taser against his back, giving him multiple commands to stop resisting or he would be tased. Isreal grabbed the ovcer's radio microphone and pulled it ou his vest. The ovcer got it back and requested additional ovcers to respond.

Police were eventually able to get Isreal’s hands behind his back and placed him in handcuus. The older woman continued to provoke a disturbance and accused ovcers of arresting him be cause he’s Black. Isreal continued to insist that D’Angelo was his big brother.

Additional ovcers from Pierce County, St. Croix County, Hudson police and Wisconsin State Patrol ar- rived on scene. As ovcers were walking him to the squad, Isreal ripped his arms away and ran back toward the house. Ovcers chased him and commanded him to stop, but he refused. A Hudson ovcer deployed his taser, but it was ineuective. Police caught up with him and took him to the ground, where he was placed in leg shackles. EMS responded for an evaluation and taser probe removal.

During the chase, the older woman pushed another of- ficer and scratched her arm. She was identified as Sol valine R. Brown, arrested for battery to law enforcement, handcuued and transported to Pierce County Jail.

At the hospital, Isreal be- came compliant and stau medically cleared him to go to jail. At the jail, he again told them his name was Isi- ah, but fingerprints revealed he was in fact D’Angelo Isreal.

Another ovcer had trou ble walking and bending his knee after the incident. He sought treatment at River Falls Area Hospital where he had to get x-rays. Another of- ficer was treated for possible torn ligaments in his thumb.

Isreal is scheduled to appear in Pierce County Circuit Court at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 28 for an arraignment hearing.