RFP Staff
♦ Michael Wayne Brooker, Jr.,28, a felon living at 318 Cedar Street in Salisbury and sought by Salisbury Police for failing to appear in court, was spotted Monday at around 5 p.m. by Salisbury Police driving along Jake Avenue Blvd. Attempting to pull Brooker over, the police followed Brooker into the Rite Aid parking lot on Jake Alexander when suddenly Brooker jumped from his car and lit out for a nearby apartment complex on Maupin Avenue. A few minutes later officers caught Brooker only for him to pull free of his shirt and run.
After dodging between vehicles, Brooker was brought down by an officer and handcuffed.
Brooker was charged with 2 counts of failure to appear/comply (misdemeanor), probation violation (misdemeanor), and resist/delay/obstruct a public officer (misdemeanor). Under a secured $165,000 bond, Brooker remains in the Rowan County Detention Center.
In a Previous RFP article on November 10th 2015 where Michael Wayne Brooker, Jr. took up dodging the Salisbury Police: “Michael Wayne Brooker, Jr., Felon, Arrested and Stun Gunned Sunday After Attempting to Flee Police in Salisbury, N.C.”
“Michael Wayne Brooker, Jr., 28, a felon with outstanding warrants living at 318 Cedar Street in Salisbury, was cruising the streets of Salisbury just after midnight Sunday morning when the police pulled him over in the 300 block of MLK, Jr. for not displaying a license tag. It was all downhill for Brooker from the moment he allegedly told officers he recently purchased the car and was displaying a temporary paper tag in the rear window. The police noted a bottle of an liquor on the floorboard and after a records check it came up that Brooker’s driver’s license was suspended and that he was wanted for two outstanding felony warrants. A closer inspection of the car revealed 3 grams of heroin and 2 TVs. Over $650 was found on Brooker’s person. Out came the handcuffs.
After being handcuffed and the police began patting him down, Brooker abruptly felt inspired to bolt. Brooker sprinted several blocks through backyards and across lawns before he came to a patch of weeds and crashed through a small wooden fence. The police in pursuit tazed Brooker who continued to resist until he was overwhelmed.
Booker was charged with resist/delay/obstruct a public officer (misdemeanor), probation violation (misdemeanor), possession of control substance schedule I (felony), failure to appear/comply (misdemeanor).”
Michael Wayne Brooker, Jr. Previous Record:
