A Washington D.C. police sergeant was arrested by federal agents and local police after he allegedly crashed into authorities while attempting to flee from law enforcement.

Sgt. Montez Clark, 27, faces multiple weapons charges and was charged with assault on a federal police officer.

According to NBC4 Washington, he was driving a blue Chevrolet Camaro that crashed into a vehicle with three Diplomatic Security Service agents inside.

NBC4 Washington has more:

Clark and two other men – Sakou Yates, 25, and Russell Campbell, 23 – also were charged with: possession of a machine gun; carrying a pistol without a license; possession of an unregistered gun; possession of unregistered ammunition; possession of a large-capacity ammunition-feeding device and violation of the National Firearms Act. Campbell also was charged with felon in possession.

MPD officers saw a Camaro with “an equipment violation” at about 9 p.m. Monday in the 4700 block of Southern Avenue SE, a police report says.

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When police tried to stop the Camaro, Clark took off and crashed into the vehicle with Diplomatic Security Service agents inside, police say. The service is the law enforcement arm of the State Department.

Officers and federal agents stopped the car and found two Glocks, including one with a switch, and multiple types of ammunition.

All three men were arrested and taken to the Sixth District cellblock for processing, the report says. Police seized the Camaro as evidence.

“We’re going to watch the process very closely. We don’t want anybody working for us, especially in that capacity, if they’re engaging in that type of behavior,” Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser commented.

The Washington Times shared further info:

The gun possession privileges afforded to Sgt. Clark for being an active duty police officer were voided by ramming into the federal vehicles, the report said.

Sgt. Clark, who has been with the Metropolitan Police since July 2019 and works in the Metropolitan Police’s Fifth District, was charged with assaulting a federal police officer, fleeing from law enforcement and several gun-related charges.

Both Mr. Yates and Campbell received the same gun charges, with Campbell getting an additional charge for having a gun as an ex-felon.

MPD said Sgt. Clark is on administrative leave as the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau investigates.

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