During arrest, lawmaker threatened to call Whitmer, told troopers he ran their budget, police report says

While he struggled with troopers after a crash earlier this month in which he was accused of driving drunk, a state representative told Michigan State Police troopers he'd call the governor and said he had oversight of their budget, according to a police report.

"I don’t give a f--- bro, when I call Gretchen ill (sic) need yall (sic) ID’s badge numbers everything," state Rep. Jewell Jones said, according to the report, which The Detroit News obtained Wednesday.

He also said: "It's not going to be good for you, I run y'all budget, bro," according to a trooper on the scene.

Bearing a license plate with "ELECTED" written across it,Jones' black Chevy Tahoe drifted erratically in and out of lanes and rumble strips along Interstate 96 on April 6 before he pulled off onto the shoulder and rolled into the ditch, according to the MSP report from his arrest.

Two troopers arriving at the scene of the crash said the 26-year-old Inkster Democrat was combative and attempted to flash a badge at police instead of his identification.

Eventually, Jones was taken to the ground, and a stun gun was used twice and then pepper spray as officers attempted to get him into handcuffs, the report said.

Jones was booked overnight in the Livingston County Jail and released the next day pending lab results.

Last week, he was charged with four counts of resisting and obstructing a police officer; operating a vehicle with a high blood alcohol content; operating while intoxicated; reckless driving; a... (Read more)

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