The White County man who was arrested early Sunday following an exchange of gunfire with a Hall County sheriff’s deputy is facing 19 charges in connection with the case, including four counts of Aggravated Assault on a Peace Officer, according to Hall County Jail records. The GBI report on the incident says bullets struck the deputy’s car “multiple times.”
Here’s the full list of charges against Austin Cole Abel, 27, Cleveland:
1) AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON PEACE OFFICER (FELONY), 2) AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON PEACE OFFICER (FELONY), 3) AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON PEACE OFFICER (FELONY), 4) AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON PEACE OFFICER (FELONY), 5) DUI-DRUGS LESS SAFE (MISDEMEANOR), 6) OBSTRUCTION-RESISTING OFFICER/ARREST (MISDEMEANOR), 7) SPEEDING (MISDEMEANOR), 8) IMPROPER LEFT OR RIGHT TURN (MISDEMEANOR), 9) WIRELESS COMM WHILE DRIVING (18 & UP / CLASS C) (MISDEMEANOR), 10) SAFETY BELTS ; REQUIRED USAGE (MISDEMEANOR), 11) FAILURE TO ALLOW EMERGENCY VEHICLE TO PASS (MISDEMEANOR), 12) FAIL TO MAINTAIN LANE (MISDEMEANOR), 13) DRIVING IN EMERGENCY LANE (MISDEMEANOR), 14) FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY (MISDEMEANOR), 15) OBEDIENCE TO REQUIRED TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES (MISDEMEANOR), 16) OBEDIENCE TO REQUIRED TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES (MISDEMEANOR), 17) OBEDIENCE TO REQUIRED TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES (MISDEMEANOR), 18) RECKLESS DRIVING 1ST OFFENSE (MISDEMEANOR), and 19) FLEEING/ATTEMPT TO ELUDE A POLICE OFFICER FOR FELONY OFFENSE (FELONY)
EARLIER STORY. POSTED SUNDAY MORNING: HCSO deputy, fleeing motorist exchange gunshots; no injuries