Judge refuses bond for man suspected of targeting law enforcement officers
Published 1:49 am Friday, February 24, 2017
NATCHEZ — A judge ordered an Adams County man held without bond Thursday after he reportedly led sheriff’s deputies on a chase and rammed a deputy’s vehicle earlier this month.
Russell Bryon Hazlip, 38, 3 Maplewood Lane, was captured on Feb. 18 on a bond revocation warrant after he eluded arrest a few days earlier.
Circuit Court Judge Forrest “Al” Johnson ordered Hazlip be held without bond Thursday after the defense attorney, Kevin Colbert, waived the hearing.
Hazlip reportedly has a history of using violence against Adams County Sheriff’s Office Deputies.
In Sept. 2016, Hazlip allegedly almost ran a deputy over with a truck while the deputy was investigating a stolen motorcycle on the side of Liberty Road. He fled from deputies and was arrested later.
Hazlip was charged at that time with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, disorderly conduct and receiving stolen property.
On Feb. 10, Hazlip was charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer when deputies went to Hazlip’s residence trying to serve a warrant.
In the most recent incident on Feb. 18, Hazlip reportedly got in his BMW car and tried to leave his residence when law enforcement were attempting to serve the warrant.
Hazlip allegedly cut through a nearby lawn, rammed a deputy’s vehicle and continued to drive through lawns before getting stuck in a ditch.
Hazlip reportedly exited the vehicle with a loaded gun in his hand and deputies were able to apprehend him after he allegedly resisted arrest.
He was charged with two counts aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, felony fleeing in a motor vehicle and resisting arrest.