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Last updated on Thursday, February 12, 2015
(EVANSVILLE) - An Evansville man accused of pointed a loaded gun at an EPD officer during a foot chase is sentenced to prison time.
WFIE reports, Ratliff was arrested back in March 2014.
EPD says Ratliff was the passenger of a truck that was stopped for speeding. During the stop, officers say they saw drugs in the vehicle. Both the driver and Ratliff were asked to get out of the truck.
When Ratliff got out, he took off running from the officers.
EPD says Ratliff ran about a block and fell in a yard and as he was getting back up, he pointed a handgun at the pursuing officer.
Police say Ratliff did not fire the gun, but continued to run.
EPD says when Ratliff tried to jump onto a flatbed trailer, he slipped and fell again. He was still holding the gun as the officer caught up to him again and told him to drop it. Police say Ratliff began to turn towards the officer again, but threw the gun when he realized the officer was pointing his gun at him.
The prosecutor's office says Ratliff has been sentenced to 30 years in connection with that incident. We're told he also has a second degree murder conviction out of Memphis, but the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office did not have any details about that case.
According to the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office, 30-year-old Cornelius Ratliff pleaded guilty in court Tuesday morning to posssession of a weapon by a serious felon (B felony), resisting law enforcement (D felony) and being a habitual offender.
Ratliff was arrested back in March 2014.
EPD says Ratliff was the passenger of a truck that was stopped for speeding. During the stop, officers say they saw drugs in the vehicle. Both the driver and Ratliff were asked to get out of the truck.
When Ratliff got out, he took off running from the officers.
EPD says Ratliff ran about a block and fell in a yard and as he was getting back up, he pointed a handgun at the pursuing officer.
Police say Ratliff did not fire the gun, but continued to run.
EPD says when Ratliff tried to jump onto a flatbed trailer, he slipped and fell again. He was still holding the gun as the officer caught up to him again and told him to drop it. Police say Ratliff began to turn towards the officer again, but threw the gun when he realized the officer was pointing his gun at him.
The prosecutor's office says Ratliff has been sentenced to 30 years in connection with that incident. We're told he also has a second degree murder conviction out of Memphis, but the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office did not have any details about that case.
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