McKinleyville Man Arrested for Attacking Wyoming State Trooper

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Green River, Wyoming (NBC)- A Utah truck driver jumps into action to save a law enforcement officer in trouble.Thursday morning, Darren Phillips was making his normal run from Salt Lake City to Wyoming.

As he neared green river, Wyoming he stopped a trooper and a man fighting along the side of the road.

Right away he knew he had to help so he stopped his 16-wheeler and ran to where the two men were fighting. It was at that point when the man and trooper began struggling for the trooper’s gun. Himself unarmed, Phillips ran behind the man and put him in a choke hold.

Phillips, who spend 26-years in the military, held the suspect down until another Wyoming State Trooper arrived.

“So I just came around behind him and just reached around and put my arm right there and I held it with my other hand and I stood up and I just went back,” Phillips said, “And as I came back, he just came back with me and just fell right on top of me.”

36-year-old Dustin Roberts of McKinleyville, was eventually taken into custody.Troopers found 74 pounds of marijuana and some cocaine in Robert’s car.

“I did two tours in Iraq, and I never had to put a choke hold on anyone.'” Phillips says.

Roberts is now in jail.

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