Fugitive arrested after fight with officers

Donald Estes. Photo courtesy of Columbus Police Department.

A Columbus man was taken into custody last week, accused of scuffling with officers who tried to arrest him for outstanding warrants.

38-year-old Donald L. Estes, was arrested Thursday afternoon after an officer saw him acting suspiciously outside of a residence in the 900 block of California Street. Police recognized that Estes was wanted and as they approached, he fled into the home says Lt Matt Harris, spokesman for the Columbus police.

When police entered the home, Estes refused to take his hands out of his coat pockets, Harris says. After a struggle, police used a Taser to subdue Estes and take him into custody. He was taken to the Bartholomew County Jail on the outstanding warrants charging him with conversion, as well as a new charge of resisting law enforcement.