Keith Wald, 34, Joplin, and Nathan Felton, 22, Neosho, are charged with four felonies- assault in the second degree-special victim, armed criminal action, resisting arrest, and unlawful possession of illegal weapon.
Bond has been set at $500,000 cash/surety plus $250,000 cash for each man.
Details of the incident were released by the Joplin Police Department earlier today:
On August 7th 2017 at about 0328 AM an officer with the Joplin Police Department stopped a truck pulling a trailer at 4th and Sergeant for not having trailer lights. Two occupants of the vehicle were contacted.
As another officer arrived and exited his vehicle, an occupant of the truck threw an explosive device out the window that immediately exploded. The truck then fled the area. Officers immediately began a pursuit of the suspect vehicle. At E Street and Sergeant, an occupant of the vehicle threw a second explosive device out of the vehicle, causing a second explosion. The pursuit continued north and west. Another Joplin Officer, who was responding to assist for the calls for emergency backup and detonations of explosive devices, lost control of their police car at Lone Elm and Surrey northbound. The police car left the roadway and struck a tree.
The pursuit went into Cherokee County Kansas and contact with the suspect vehicle was lost in the area of Highway 400 and Messer. No officers were hurt by the explosions and the officer who was involved in the accident declined medical treatment.
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