A Parsons man has been arrested on a wide variety of charges including robbery and battery.

Parsons Police Officers were dispatched to the area near Clark Park for a report of a man who has gotten into a struggle with a driver of a vehicle and had attempted to force the driver’s door open. The citizen was able to keep the man from forcing his way into the vehicle and then sped away from the area.

Shortly after the call to Clark Park, officers were called to the 1300 block of Crawford for a report of a man who walked into a residence and was chased out by the homeowner. When officers arrived in the area, they were told that the man was in an unoccupied home. Officers located the man, who was identified as 50-year-old John Henry Fields Jr., in the home and tried to talk to him but to no avail. Fields barricaded himself in the house until officers attempted to force entry. Fields then fled the structure on foot before being cornered into a garden shed where he continued to resist being arrested. Fields picked up a brick when officers tried to arrest him. Fields then attempted to take one officer’s Taser and kicked another officer while they were trying to make the arrest. Parsons officers were able to get Fields handcuffed and sought medical treatment for Fields from EMS after the altercation.

While processing Fields at the Parsons Police Department, he told officers that he had been using PCP and Marijuana. Fields, a convicted felon, is facing two counts of Criminal Trespassing, Interference with Law Enforcement, Aggravated Assault on Law Enforcement, Attempted Robbery, and Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer.