GENESEE COUNTY/Rochester man facing a 17 count indictment after a struggle with police over a loaded firearm leading to a high speed pursuit and crash

File photo/March 21, 2021

Charles L. Jackson, 26, of Rochester is facing a 17 count indictment after a struggle with police over a loaded firearm at Speedway Gas station, 204 West Main street, at Rt. 5 and Rt. 98 in the City of Batavia on March 21, 2021.

The City of Batavia Police responded to Speedway to check the welfare of a person who did not appear to be acting normal. Upon arrival, police located three people inside a vehicle in the parking lot. While investigating the situation, an officer observed a handgun inside the vehicle and a struggle ensued involving the officer and Jackson, the driver of the vehicle. Jackson was able to free himself from police and then fled the scene in his vehicle. A City of Batavia Police officer discharged his duty weapon in the incident.

A pursuit then ensued through the City of Batavia and ended in the Town of Batavia when Jackson crashed his vehicle on Woodland drive. All three subjects in the vehicle sustained minor injuries.

File photo-Woodland drive
File photo/March 21, 2021

Jackson has been indicted on the charges of menacing a police office, a class D violent felony, criminal possession of a weapon 2nd, a class C violent felony, two counts of criminal possession of a weapon 3rd, a class D violent felony, two counts of reckless endangerment 2nd, a class misdemeanor, two counts of obstructing governmental administration, a class A misdemeanor, unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle 3rd degree, a class A misdemeanor, reckless driving, a misdemeanor, and criminal possession of a forged instrument for filing 2nd degree, a purported Ohio Driver’s License.

Jackson has also been indicted in a September 8, 2020 incident in Bergen and Stafford, where he was wanted on outstanding warrants for fleeing an officer in a motor vehicle during a traffic stop on Rt. 33 in the Town of Stafford. The pursuit in that incident led patrols into Monroe County where the pursuit was then terminated without Jackson being taken into custody.

Jackson has been indicted in the September 8, 2020 incident and is charged with two counts of reckless endangerment 1st, a class D felony, obstructing governmental administration 2nd, a class A misdemeanor, two counts of unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle 3rd degree, a class A misdemeanor, and reckless driving, a misdemeanor.

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