34-year-old Michael Jiles, arrested on warrants by Springfield police, also charged with assaulting officer and kicking out cruiser window

The handcuffed suspect ultimately had to be subdued with pepper spray.

SPRINGFIELD – A 34-year-old Springfield man, wanted by police on a number of warrants, allegedly kicked out the left rear passenger window of a police cruiser following his arrest on Maple Street early Monday.

Police Sgt. John M. Delaney said Michael Jiles, of 94 Maple St., Apt. 4L, kicked out the window while he was wearing handcuffs and ultimately had to be subdued with pepper spray.

The incident began shortly before 6:30 a.m. when detectives Robert Bohl and John Leonard, members of the department’s warrant apprehension unit, went to the front door of his home. When Jiles attempted to escape out the back, Bohl caught him and was then assaulted by the suspect, Delaney, aide to Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet, said.

The officers handcuffed Jiles, put him in the rear of the cruiser and then dealt with his girlfriend who helped him in his attempted escape from the home, Delaney said. That’s when Jiles kicked out the window, frame and all, he said.

Jiles was wanted on a number of warrants including two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, threat to commit a crime. Jiles, pertaining to this most recent incident, was also charged with assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest and malicious damage to a police car.