A father and son were arrested in Eagle County after leading police on a high speed car chase and then running away on foot, according to authorities.
When deputies on foot caught up to the son, he attacked one with a pocketknife as his father hid in the woods nearby, the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.
William Leake, 40, of Golden, and Nicholas Leake, 21, of Eagle, were arrested at about 10:55 p.m. Monday, the sheriff’s office said.
According to the sheriff’s office, deputies tried to pull over a vehicle on U.S. 6 near Stone Creek Drive in Eagle County because it was being driven “erratically.”
Instead of pulling over the driver took off “at a high rate of speed,” the sheriff’s office said.
The vehicle came to a stop at a roundabout, and two men got out and ran.
A deputy caught Nicholas Leake, who assaulted the officer with a knife, the sheriff’s office said.
According to the press release, deputies used a Taser on Nicholas Leake because he was “combative,” and as he was being subdued, William Leake came out of a wooded area saying: “Don’t hurt my son.”
William Leake also resisted arrest before being subdued, the sheriff’s office said.
Nicholas Leake has been charged with first-degree assault on a peace officer and resisting arrest. William Leake has been charged with driving under the influence, obstructing a peace officer, and resisting arrest.
Both are being held at the Eagle County Detention Facility. Nicholas Leake’s bail is set at $15,000 and William Leake at $3.500.
The deputy who was attacked “sustained nonlife-threatening injuries,” the sheriff’s office said.
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com.
