Akron man facing 24 charges for allegedly crashing into police vehicles claims insanity
An Akron man now facing 24 charges for allegedly crashing into several Cuyahoga Falls police vehicles — seriously injuring one officer — is claiming insanity as his defense.
Donald Watson, 46, who is in the Summit County Jail, refused earlier this week to accept the supplemental indictment filed against him with 17 more charges. He also was unwilling to go to the Summit County Courthouse for his arraignment on the new charges.
Watson, however, was cooperative Friday morning during his video arraignment from the jail. He pleaded not guilty.
The new charges, which include multiple counts of attempted murder and felonious assault, are on top of the seven charges he already was facing for the July incident.
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