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A man was set on by a police dog, Tasered twice and still managed to flee from officers in what a magistrate described as the “biggest resist [arrest]” he’d seen in his career on the bench. Jason Buckley, 39, had been on the run since November for an incident in which he is accused of dousing his partner in methylated spirits and threatened to set her alight with a cigarette lighter. A first instance warrant was sworn against Mr Buckley, who managed to elude detection for more than three months until this week, when he was arrested in Bonner and appeared on Friday before Magistrate James Stewart. Police alleged that in November 2020, Mr Buckley had several arguments with his partner before threatening her with injury. He left the house but returned, when the arguments resumed. This time, they said, he splashed the woman with methylated spirits and threatened to set her on fire with a lighter held in his hands. READ MORE: As the victim attempted to flee the house in her car, Mr Buckley jumped on the bonnet and smashed the windscreen, police said. She escaped and returned home, where he again confronted her. Seeking Mr Buckley on four charges, police had been on patrol in Gungahlin on Thursday afternoon when they saw him standing in a doorway. He allegedly ran away and police began a systemic patrol search of the area, finally spotting him hiding in some bushes. As Mr Buckley rushed at one officer, a police dog grabbed him. He somehow managed to wrestle the dog off and continued advancing toward police, who fired the first Taser. Buckley fell to the ground “momentarily incapacitated” but when police attempted to handcuff him, he wriggled free, ran at another officer and received a second Taser shot. He was eventually apprehended by a second group of officers approaching from another direction. “That’s the biggest resist arrest I’ve seen in my career,” Magistrate Stewart said in court. Mr Buckley appeared on a number of family-violence related charges including one count of an act endangering life, reckless threat to inflict grievous bodily harm and resisting a public official. Mr Buckley’s defence attorney sought bail, and said that his client would be pleading not guilty to the family violence charges. However, Magistrate Stewart said that Mr Buckley was already serving an intensive corrections order in NSW, “clearly had no fear of police”, and there was the strong likelihood of him harassing the complainant. He was remanded in custody to appear again on May 11. Our journalists work hard to provide local, up-to-date news to the community. This is how you can continue to access our trusted content:
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A man was set on by a police dog, Tasered twice and still managed to flee from officers in what a magistrate described as the “biggest resist [arrest]” he’d seen in his career on the bench.
A first instance warrant was sworn against Mr Buckley, who managed to elude detection for more than three months until this week, when he was arrested in Bonner and appeared on Friday before Magistrate James Stewart.
Police alleged that in November 2020, Mr Buckley had several arguments with his partner before threatening her with injury. He left the house but returned, when the arguments resumed. This time, they said, he splashed the woman with methylated spirits and threatened to set her on fire with a lighter held in his hands.
As the victim attempted to flee the house in her car, Mr Buckley jumped on the bonnet and smashed the windscreen, police said. She escaped and returned home, where he again confronted her.
Seeking Mr Buckley on four charges, police had been on patrol in Gungahlin on Thursday afternoon when they saw him standing in a doorway.
He allegedly ran away and police began a systemic patrol search of the area, finally spotting him hiding in some bushes.
As Mr Buckley rushed at one officer, a police dog grabbed him. He somehow managed to wrestle the dog off and continued advancing toward police, who fired the first Taser.
Buckley fell to the ground “momentarily incapacitated” but when police attempted to handcuff him, he wriggled free, ran at another officer and received a second Taser shot. He was eventually apprehended by a second group of officers approaching from another direction.
“That’s the biggest resist arrest I’ve seen in my career,” Magistrate Stewart said in court.
Mr Buckley appeared on a number of family-violence related charges including one count of an act endangering life, reckless threat to inflict grievous bodily harm and resisting a public official.
Mr Buckley’s defence attorney sought bail, and said that his client would be pleading not guilty to the family violence charges.
However, Magistrate Stewart said that Mr Buckley was already serving an intensive corrections order in NSW, “clearly had no fear of police”, and there was the strong likelihood of him harassing the complainant. He was remanded in custody to appear again on May 11.
Our journalists work hard to provide local, up-to-date news to the community. This is how you can continue to access our trusted content:
